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It’s genetic, so there isn’t really anything you could do to prevent your child from developing it. My mom was really nurturing when I was little. She taught me to read when I was just a toddler, and encouraged me to learn more about anything & everything that interested me. She really built up my brain. But if you saw how she over-plans things (especially big dinners), then gets side-tracked onto a million tangents, causing her to completely freak out, you’d immediately see where I got it from.
Just because you may have it, doesn’t mean that your children will. If one parent has it and the other doesn’t, then there’s only a 50/50 chance you might pass it along. But I wouldn’t really call having it “suffering”. Yes, it’s more difficult to do things, since our brains work differently than “normal” brains. But we’re the ones with all the creativity, and the different approaches to problem-solving. We’re the actors, the inventors, and the dreamers. Without us, the world would be boring and stagnant.
Maybe your GP changed his tune, when he realized that you couldn’t have been diagnosed in childhood, because ADHD was comparatively recently defined. Back then, you’d have just been a “daydreamer” or a “hyperactive kid”. And just because you graduated from university doesn’t mean you couldn’t have ADHD. I graduated from university, but it was a struggle, and I ended up taking 5 years to get my 3-year B.A. in English. Rick Green got a degree in Science. So there’s two people who finished university, despite having ADHD. There are many, many others.
Or maybe, your GP visited this website, and it opened his eyes.
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