LISA MADGE was thinking about A.D.D and keyed into cyberspace:
LM>Well,thankyou for replying so promptly,,,as you have a son with A.D.D
LM>no  doubt you understand that as parents and siblings it can be very
LM>hard to deal  with.We are only just realizing how much this disorder
LM>actually affects other  children in the family that don't have
LM>A.D.D
Lisa, it affects the **entire** family. Mom, Dad, the family cat. We go 
for family counselling. That helps. My SIL (wife's sister) is our only 
relative. She has __never__ watched our kids.
,,,,,,,,,I found your comments  very interesting and thankyou
LM>for the time and effort,,,,,it is unfortunate  that there is so much
LM>hype about A.D.D because it makes it very hard for  parents to work
LM>out who's right,
Hype that is often wrong. Which really makes it harder.
,,,,,as I told you before Ritalin has had a  dramatic
LM>impact with my daughter eg: October 96 she just started treatment
LM>and when tested her reading level was 6yr 9 m (she's 9) 6months later 
an
LM>d her  level went to 8yr 1 m,,,,,and now she is reading childrens
LM>novels that before  she would just screw her nose up at,,,,,having a
LM>really lovely teacher from  school who tutors her outside of school
LM>has made a big difference,,,,where we  live though there seems to be
LM>little or no recourses to help parents and  children,
I live on Long Island in NY. There is not much around here. Most of it 
is done by cooperating parents.
,,,,,I got most
LM>of my info on A.D.D from a book called "you and your  A.D.D child"
LM>written by Ian Wallace. When I first read this book I cried  because
LM>it was like the book was written about my daughter and yet I was also
LM>angry because we have had problems since birth and all the doctors 
thoug
LM>ht it  was me who had the problem because there still are a lot of
LM>doctors who don't  believe in A.D.D,,,,,,so after a while you begin
LM>to believe that maybe you  just aren't parenting right,
It is unfortunate that so many people still are like that. ESPECIALLY 
the doctors. The scientific information is there for the reading.
,,,,but after
LM>implementing many of the  suggestions from the above named book along
LM>with medication we are all much  happier and now have a daughter that
LM>instead of saying she is stupid is  feeling much more
LM>confident,,,,,and is progressing everyday,,,,I will look up  the info
LM>you suggested on the internet it certainly is a mine field of info
And loads of scare tactics by salescritters.
LM>Trouble was I think was that I was looking up that other medicine you
LM>mentioned pycno something and was coming up only with bad things
LM>about  Ritalin but as you say it was all adverts so of course they 
are g
LM>oing to bag  Ritalin,,,,,anyway thanks again ......
I call it pycnogoo....but I do take it, for circulatory problems due to 
frostbite that I picked up in Pakistan years ago. For THAT, it had 
definitely helped.
                ===>The Voice of Reason<===
                     mark.probert@juno.com
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