Re: I guess they just really don't understand :(

[Anonymous]

My son saw our house and had a fit. He told me to “get this place cleaned up!” This when my husband had just had open-heart surgery and I was his full-time caregiver. This was only a few months ago, but before I really began realizing that ADD was having a major effect on my life. Seeing that he thought I was a totally mess made me feel terrible, and when I told him that since one of our sons died (seven years ago), I just hadn’t been able to keep up, he just told me that that was more than seven years ago (it wasn’t over 7 years, but short six months), I should be over it and not use that as an “excuse.: I’m sure he will just see ADD as just another “excuse” too. The things he said to me (much more than I’ve mentioned here) have broken my heart and although I’ve moved on, if I think about what he said, it still hurts a lot. I know I shouldn’t let what he thinks of me hurt me so much, and I really thought I was past the age when I cared what other people thought, but coming from my own kid is different. When he was in middle school, I was his “most admired person”; to go from that to where I am now is one of the reasons I might seek treatment. However, my GP and I have had some disagreements in the past, and I’m not sure I even want to bring this up with him. But I feel as if I need to do SOMETHING before ALL my children think I’m a lazy pig.

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