Re: ALL IN THE FAMILY!

[Anonymous]

As I watched the program on PBS I heard one of the drs say that often a person with ADD will partner with someone who is controlling and treats them like a 5th grade teacher would thinking it will help them. I did that. I married someone like that. I didn’t actually realize I have ADD until my son who I knew had it from about 6 years old was finally diagnosed at 11 and the counselor mentioned that it’s usually genetic and that most likely one of the two of us parents have it. Well, my husband in way no has it. He’s the opposite of someone with ADD, or even ADHD. So, she suggested I look up the symptoms on the internet. Wow, was it amazing to learn the why of so many things in my life.

But, since my sister was diagnosed young due to having the H in ADD while mine was undiagnosed until I was past 40 because of the lack of H. I think that often those that aren’t climbing the walls as kids and have impulse control go without a diagnoses and therefore will struggle long into adulthood. I can imagine how much better of a student I’d have been with a diagnoses and perhaps a medication that helped ease the inattention and disorganization. My 66 year old mother was just told she has ADD and been put on meds. My 11 year old struggles somewhat with the distraction and disorganization, but having ADD myself I’m procrastinating taking her to the dr.

In other words it certainly does run in families.

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