[kennyk1]

Hello, My family has had (what I have learned) this condition handed down now for what I know to be 3 generations. My father had terrible symptoms of ADD with no diagnosis… There were 3 siblings from him one of which I am confirming, I of the three think I have it, not diagnosed either… But was fortunate to find a wife who has helped me overcome what would have been a wreck of a life…
On to my offspring my daughter has it, I invested countless visits, multiple doctors, varying diagnosis, from (I will just mention the scariest ones to me) BiPolar, Borderline Personality Disorder and the list goes on but those 2 in context both end in bad ways. She would not medicate, because as you learn the meds make me feel “not normal and sad”. She refused, and therefore spun out of control for years. She has given us two grandchildren. Her first I adopted and at age 50 began raising him following our adopting him while she walked away at about his 3rd month. She at this point has had bouts drug abuse (meth) has successfully burned about 175 lbs. of weight off, she is toothless and the 10k worth of dental work and orthodontics is gone. She has done about 4yrs.in prison for stupid stuff. And the list goes on…

Grandson is now in the throws of ADD, we have had him on meds which have helped him. He will tell you they help him focus at school. This was a tedious process to find a Doctor with expertise in this area. Daughter’s diagnosis work was what I look back on now as a stab at something, just anything really to get her somewhere, none of which helped nor was she dedicated to finding help for. We are working to learn some new ways to help him and me learn what we can make our journey a better one. It’s getting late for me, but he has a great future is exceptionally smart and in his teen years now. This beginning to be a trying time due to hormones, etc.

All of that to help you with this. Look for a physician with a focus in this field. We took daughter to therapist, psych. dr’s and others that really did nothing. With son we found his dr. that had his background in this field and immediately knew where to begin and so far has been a Godsend for him. Learn as much about the symptoms as possible, study them until they make sense to you! You can’t self medicate my daughter may well already be gone, she is far from us and we have not heard from her now in a couple of months… This is something that can be managed once you learn it’s parameters and how you can seek the proper help! Never Give Up on that help!

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