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I think it comes down to open minded interventions. When I was diagnosed, my parents were asking (not in a cruel way, that’s important to note), “What’s wrong with him?” We went to a team of doctors, and after an extremely extensive process, they handed down three of our favorite letters (ADD). That’s part of what really shocks me about the ignorance and arrogance of some doctors who choose to ignore what a team of other doctors came up with.
What I’m planning on doing with my kids (since we know that ADD is hereditary, and my oldest is showing the signs), is getting them looked at early. I’m gonna play close to the vest and see what the doctors come up with. If they suggest something that’s not ADD or ADHD, then I’ll drop that bit of info and see if they have anything to say about it. If they reach for ADD then I’ll know that we’re on the right track. I’m not suggesting that I’m going to test the doctors, just that I want to see what a professionally trained doctor has to say and if revealing the possibility of heredity changes anything.
Of course, if they claim that ADD doesn’t exist, I’ll have words with them before never taking my children there again, but I hope it doesn’t come to that.
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