Oh, the infamous attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One way I can describe it is my body and mind moving at 100 mph without my minds approval. It’s tough.
When I was little, it was the worst. In my perspective I was just being me, to others, I was the most annoying thing in the room. I was constantly talking, you could barely get me to shut up. I was always running around trying to burn off all the energy I had pinned up, or so my mind thought. It was exhausting and I couldn’t do anything about it. Until I crashed.
I couldn’t sleep at night because my mind wouldn’t stop. And I 100% could not focus on schoolwork. Forget about it!
ADHD Medicine
The process started when I was pretty young. We tried a couple different kinds and doses of medicine before we got it right. And then I would hit a growth spurt and have to find the right dose all over again. The worst one that I remember is Ritalin, it made me a walking zombie. I hated that medication. The one that finally worked for me was Concerta. Unfortunately when I was in grade school I would have to take a pill in the morning and then go to the nurses office at lunch to take another one. As I got older that changed.
Once I hit high school my medicine was wearing off around the time I would be working on homework so my doctor gave me a small dose of another medicine to take in the evenings so I could focus better for homework.
As an adult, things have been very different with ADHD. About 3 years ago, I moved to South Carolina and took too long to establish a doctor so I basically took myself off of my medicine. Which was fine. I adjusted and didn’t desperately need it. The thing I didn’t realize until it was too late was that my medicine had been an appetite suppressant and my eating habits changed overnight. So because my appetite had been suppressed literally my whole life and now all of a sudden everything had changed, I gained quite a bit of weight without realizing what was causing it.
In Conclusion
Basically, this was just meant to be a little insight into what it is like living with this disorder. I know it can be quite a controversial topic, but believe me, it is so real! And every person is different!
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ADHD is a very real struggle. I have ADD and I am surrounded by family member who have one or the other. So you can imagine what our get togetherness are like. But when it comes to trying to accomplish something the struggle is very real. School work is so much a struggle for my youngest right now. I am an advocate for medication when it is truly needed. The real issue comes in finding the best doctor to work with you and your child to find what helps them best.
I agree the struggle is very real. My daughter has dealt with it her whole life. Life without medication when she was younger didn’t happen. As a single mom I had to do something. No one would keep her why I worked. What I realized over the years is that the behavior she had on the medication was now becoming a learnt behavior as she grew older. She also was taken off her medication and gained a tremendous amount of weight. This weight gain has caused multiple health issues that we are dealing with as I write this. Besides the weight gain our other issue now is the impulsiveness.
Yes I can totally relate to this! My husband would agree that I am quite impulsive! It’s something I battle every day!