Snowie
New Member
Greetings from Australia,
I'm a very happily married 39 yo with 2 sons. Horace is 11 and suspected ADHD and Boris is 9 with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Apart from Boris' Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), he is my compliant angel child, Horace is another matter. We have had 'problems' with him since he was a baby. He is socially inept, his grades at school have dropped from above average to below average even though he is very clever. I had to take him off the school bus because he was continually getting suspended for not staying in his seat. He is on his last warning at school, any more trouble from him and he gets expelled. He has no organisational skills whatsoever. He can't remember which homework to bring home, he can't remember to take his homework back to school. The list drags on and on and on and I don't want to bore you with details. I took him to see a paediatrician yesterday to get the ball rolling for some ADHD testing but after doing a lot of research, I know in my heart it is ADHD and we will have to medicate him. We've spent the last 12 months in psychotherapy for his social skills but he hasn't made very much progress at all.
I feel like I've been thrown in at the deep end, however it is great to finally have a 'label' so that we can make some real progress. I just need somewhere to find some support for me and it's been comforting to read that I'm not the only one! The bad mother guilt feelings tend to overwhelm me sometimes.
Snowie
I'm a very happily married 39 yo with 2 sons. Horace is 11 and suspected ADHD and Boris is 9 with Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). Apart from Boris' Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), he is my compliant angel child, Horace is another matter. We have had 'problems' with him since he was a baby. He is socially inept, his grades at school have dropped from above average to below average even though he is very clever. I had to take him off the school bus because he was continually getting suspended for not staying in his seat. He is on his last warning at school, any more trouble from him and he gets expelled. He has no organisational skills whatsoever. He can't remember which homework to bring home, he can't remember to take his homework back to school. The list drags on and on and on and I don't want to bore you with details. I took him to see a paediatrician yesterday to get the ball rolling for some ADHD testing but after doing a lot of research, I know in my heart it is ADHD and we will have to medicate him. We've spent the last 12 months in psychotherapy for his social skills but he hasn't made very much progress at all.
I feel like I've been thrown in at the deep end, however it is great to finally have a 'label' so that we can make some real progress. I just need somewhere to find some support for me and it's been comforting to read that I'm not the only one! The bad mother guilt feelings tend to overwhelm me sometimes.
Snowie