Re: ADHD parents dealing with ADHD Kids

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My daughter is fifteen. She has done extremely well in school, though often homework is done on the fly. She is on the speech and debate teams and seems to have found her niche. However she is starting to show more ADHD traits. From what I have read, it’s common for the symptoms to become ore apparent as girls enter their teens. She has some mild ODD tendencies, and that’s our biggest issue at the moment. We are butting heads too often.

I’m just really starting to work on the “understanding emotions” side of ADD. Earlier in my life I had developed mindfulness of the more tangible things we have to deal with, but having no clue I was ADD, the emotional side was overlooked. It’s a work in progress and though I am more aware of the emotions that drive me to butt heads with her, some slip through. I know I’m often being baited to react, she is very good at dragging me off the higher ground. Since my diagnosis and medication a couple of months ago, I have become more aware of her talking excessively. It drives me to distraction (or rather it doesn’t these days). Being mindful of the emotions I feel during these times is helping.

She has been seeing a phsyc for anxiety/depression, and we have joint session coming up. I think we now need to deal with the ADD.

On a general parenting note, the best thing we discovered was “Love and Logic”.

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