Well, it looks like I passed the ADD gene to the kiddo.  She also got it from her father even though he doesn't think he has it. (He is worse than I am!) My poor absent-minded kid.  I saw it coming, but I wanted to wait until she was at least out of first grade to do something about it, however all the signs are there.  She isn't hyper, but she's easily distracted, fails to pay attention to details, disorganized and absent-minded.  She'll go to do a task that you send her on and some how she'll forget or get off track.  

I think I'm going to go the herbal route for now because most of the drugs for Attention Deficit Disorder target the hyper aspect.  She's never had behavioral problems in school and she's always well behaved in public.

What a legacy eh? Now if only I can sneak some of these drops into the husband's food...
 
   

 


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MakenZero on
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I say go for it, and just keep an eye on her, you've ben doing so well so far. -hugs-
myclette on
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Oh I am.  I don't want it to effect her academic performance.
tchmymnd on
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Hope the herbal route works out for her!
darkseid on
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as long as it's a attention problem..yer still in the green zone
you know that
myclette on
Re: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
Yeah. So far she's just having attention problems
darkseid on
Re: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
there's till lots of things you can do..
and if all three o' you got it..there's things you can structure better in your house that will benefit all three of you
myclette on
Re: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
Believe me -- I'm all ready on it.
darkseid on
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LMAO..
figures
resable on
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Does she sleep well?
myclette on
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Yes, she's never had a hard time going to bed. 

She's exactly like I was at her age in regards to just being absent-minded and in la-la land -- she may be even worse than I was.  Poor kid.

My brother has ADHD and my grandmother swore my dad had it.
niassa on
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Good for you for taking a stand against the drugs at first!  I had DeLaney thourghly tested down in OK.  Their tests rival NE's on finding out what is wrong.  And they don't always come out with what you expect!

 

I had her tested in the 2nd grade because I was waiting for the deslexic testing.  She will have to be re tested up here this year but luckily they found none of MY ADD in her but they found boarder line deslexia and both her father's and mine high intelligence levels.  Which causes her to be rather bored with any "normal" class room learning.  She fails if she doesn't have the pressure, she fails if it is something easy because she gets distracted.  Her teacher last year didn't believe anythign we told her and thoguht we were to hard on DeLaney until the Standarized testing came around!  DeLaney's first year of testing and she had the 20-30 minute test done in less then 5 minutes!  She scored above National Average on everything including her reading and spelling where she struggles!

 

I was able to finally point out and have the teacher believe me that my daughter retains information very well, but I am not going to hold it against her if she doesn't get good grades.  She tests well, she does well in projects, and she is a hands on learner.  I know my daughter so back off of her when she freaks otu a lil bit with the boring class room stuff!

myclette on
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I'm not against the drugs, I just always try to go natural first. If this approach doesn't show any results, I will talk to her doctor.
niassa on
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But that is what I am getting at.  Your not a parent that is running for the drugs.  You give chances to other things.  A friend of mine recently put her boy on something for his ADD.  She waited and tried different things before she consented to have the drugs. 

 

I feel there are a lot of parents that rush to put the kids on the drugs when it is simply a small change of schedule, diet, and behavor.

 

I think your mini me will respond to the natural ways because like you said she doesn't have behavor problems!


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