Ditto Linda's post, but in addition, someone once posted that a child with ADHD is generally speaking about 2/3 of his physical age. So an 18 year old child is emotionally about 12.
For some reason, that helps me keep things in perspective with both my difficult child's. That and reminding myself that I don't get mad at an infant for not being able to walk...its just not there.
And I've lost it. We all have. We're human, we can only handle so much - easy child or difficult child.
