Living with ADHD

There is a great deal of information on the web about ADHD. Some of it is really useful and based in strong scientific research. Other information is not useful and can be misleading. I suggest you take great care to check the validity of the sites you are looking at. Having said that, it is good to expand our understanding of the disorder. As our children grow and develop the issues associated with the disorder can change. There is a great deal of research into ADHD and one of the most exciting areas is research into the neuroscience of the disorder. Dr Thomas Brown has a great website that contains well researched information on the many and various aspects of the disorder. You can find his information at www.drthomasbrown.com Here is a little of what he says. "Although ADD/ADHD has been recognized for over 100 years, it has usually been seen as essentially a behavior problem. Yet many with ADD/ADHD suffer not from behavior problems so much as from chronic problems with

Children diagnosed with ADHD and similar disorders often require extra support and extra energy from parents. Often as parents we underestimate the emotional energy that is required to just stay on top of everything. Because our children look normal, others often don't understand the energy required on a daily basis just to keep things running smoothly in the home for the child and their siblings. I know from my own experience that at the end of the day I would be exhausted. I hated it when someone said "That's just normal boy behaviour" when I knew what I was dealing with was something more. They didn't have to live with difficult and challenging behaviour day in and day out. They only ever saw a snapshot of behaviour. I had other children and I understood the time and energy that it takes to be a Mum to any child. But I also know just how challenging it can be to stay on top of everything when your child's behaviour is not normal. It is only when others ha