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user: You are replying to Armand Haine about "Re: adhd....76".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Armand Haine to Regina Finan <=-
AH> Often I've felt that perhaps he should be brought up by someone else
AH> and allow the peace that we so richly deserve to be given to us.  He
AH> fails to understand that he is the cause of the problem and when it is
AH> explained to him, he tries very hard to shuffle the blame on someone or
AH> something else. I think, he thinks he can go through life and never own
AH> up to his own actions and responsiblities.  Good gravy, he can't even
AH> be responsible for taking his medication at lunch time along with his
AH> lunch.  There have been instances where his drawer at school has a lab
AH> experiment growing and in the middle, is his tablet.  Now his lunch and
AH> medication is brought to him because he "forgets to have his lunch" -
AH> an argument I've pointed out to him doesn't hold water because his
AH> classmates are sitting right there in his class, in front of him,
AH> eating.  We're told by his teachers that he is very quick minded (
AH> funny how they all seem to say that! ;) ) and yet often he doesn't show
AH> it.  I've often mentioned to my wife that I thought he might be a
AH> little slow minded and that has turned into an argument where my
AH> actions and thoughts about him are wrong and this had lead to ill
AH> feeling between us.  My son on the other hand, goes about life as if
AH> nothing has happened. If he hasn't got the picture before he hits high
AH> school, I can be certain that his life will be hazzardous and arduous.

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assistant: Sorry for my butting in, but I wanted to speak too...
To explain a little about myself...
I'm an adult...still with ADHD (although I've managed to live with
it and work around it quite well.)  This last paragraph is something I
can really identify with.  Forgetting to have lunch...it sounds wierd,
but believe me, it can very easily happen.  Why?  You get so engrossed
in your surroundings, so hung up in conversations with your friends...
you can have your lunch sitting right in front of you, and never get a
chance to  put any of it in your mouth because your mouth is busy
talking.  To this day, I still find myself doing that...forgetting to
take pills (which is even worse when they're antibiotics or other such
drugs).
Looking back, yes, I was a pain for my parents...my teachers loved me
(except for the fact that I just didn't like to do homework - still
don't - I believe that school work should be in school.)  And yes,
after going through the whole problem, coming back like nothing
happened.  Today, that seems to be more of a help than a hinderance.
It enables me to bounce back from a crisis, or to be able to get
through it well.
I wish you the best of luck...it's tough now, no question about it.
But I believe that if you can hang on until he becomes an adult, in
the long run you'll be glad you didn't kill him somewhere along the
line.
... I met some crazy people. They made me their leader...
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