Re: Is thoughts of death and suicide signs of ADD?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I had a son, who had ADHD. I say I “had” a son, I mean that. He took his life due to depression and he suffered from ADHD. But he also suffered from bullies. So what did he die from symtoms of ADHD or depression due to being bullied because he was different.

After his funeral a brochure came in the mail that said that ADHD can cause depression. When this son would come to me and tell me he didn’t want to live, I asked him, “What was going on in school?” . He reluctantly told me he was flunking Math and Science as a Freshman at a mainstream high school. He was taunted by his teachers and students, think this was probably when the teacher would pass out papers or tests and his had a bad grade on his or probably didn’t turn it in.

Anyway, I went to the school and talked w/ the Vice Principal and he suggested he stop going to these classes since he can’t make it up, as it was late in the school year and suggested he go to an alternative high school the following year. I also took him to a Psychiatrist who put him on Adderall but he didn’t take it because he didn’t like the way it made him feel. 7 months later he took his life, not because he went to the Chartered High School where the teachers there were very kind and supportive, but because he chose to take an Auto Tech class at a Vo-Tech school and there were bullies there and the Vice Principal was the biggest bully that embarrassed and humiliated him in front of his peers.

So an Interning student to Marrage and Counseling told me that it was the bullying that caused him to commit suicide, not the ADHD. But did the ADHD cause him to be so different and was sensitive that made him an easy mark to bully?

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