Behavior problem or ADHD? (part 2)

After learning all there is to know about the medications and therapy used for treating add/adhd, I chose to go with Adderal in my sons case. Within the first few hours there was a tremendous change in my son, he was calm, he was loving and he was able to think before he acted.  The scariest part of ADHD is how it effects the part of the brain that curbs impulses. Jimmy had no fear of getting hurt, he couldn't even get to that part about him doing something that could possibly hurt him or hurt others around him. When I went back to his specialist I literally cried tears of happiness! I thanked that Doctor for giving me back my son. I was able to fall in love with my son all over again, like I did at his birth, it was like a rebirth.

He immediately stopped being a discipline problem at school, his grades shot up, because he was finally able to process what was being taught to him and retain it, he became a different child, the child he was truly meant to be. His brain was finally firing off in the same manner as a brain that is considered normal. Would I with hold a medication from my child because this would mean he wasn't perfect, NO! Would I with hold giving my son a medication because of fear that I would be labeled another neurotic mother who medicates her son because it was the easiest thing to do, HELL NO! I medicated my son because I love him, I want good things in life for him, in order to have a good life one must be educated, how can one get an education if one cannot comprehend what is being taught to them.

He is very intelligent, he ranked 3 points off of genius when he was just 9 years old. He is a very gifted artist, he is a deep thinker and blows most adults away with his intellect and what he can understand at a child's level compared to what adults can understand. He notices everything now instead of going full throttle without care. He has stopped putting himself at risk of injury and has stopped hurting others, he is now able to feel compassion. In being human one has to be able to feel compassion.

Back when my husband was younger they did not know about ADD/ADHD. They labeled everybody that was outside of the norm, a trouble maker, incorrigible. He was kicked out of kindergarten, then out of that particuliar school totally. His mother often cried herself to sleep much like I used to. He is/was an undiagnosed adhd person himself, His mother had said when he turned 12, he became less of a handful. So has my son, so I tried taking him off medication without a good result, he does take med vacations during some of the summer, but then it does effect his social behavior, so we lower his doses during off school days.

Some experts say they either will or will not outgrow add/adh and then some experts say its not that they outgrow it, they just find better ways as an adult to cope with it. People with add/adhd do not do well in jobs with a lot of repetition, they need to be constantly challenged.

The best thing my sons therapist gave to him was a list of people past and present who showed characteristics of add/adhd.......you would be surprised at all the forward thinking individuals who would have been labeled add/adhd! There were a lot of my sons heroes on those pages (Both Kennedy's, Einstein, Abe Lincoln, astronauts, peace makers, etc.), and that gave him peace of mind that he is going to be just fine!