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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 130082" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Marg,</p><p></p><p>I sending hugs as well. I don't really have an answer but I do have an observation. Our easy child, who is very much ADHD, but chooses to not use medication- is much like this at times. He is living at school now, but he visits often. Everytime he comes home for a visit it is like a whirlwind whooshing through our house. We love him, but he absolutely wears us all out - difficult child included.</p><p></p><p>He is terribly high energy and he always has WAY TOO MUCH on his plate.. He is a full time student, he works full time as a teaching and research assistant, he is the manager of the campus radio station, he has a talk show and a musical show at the station, he is involved in a video contest, it just goes on and on and on...I really think that he comes home when he's just at the breaking point. He usually gets very angry at least one time when he comes home and difficult child and our "liberal" treatment of him is often the reason. Sound familiar?</p><p></p><p>We consider ourselves very lucky because his visits are short, and the whirlwind whirls on out pretty quickly. I can't imagine what it would be like dealing with that day in and day out. I would suggest she cut back on at least one of her activities and get some rest - but I know that our easy child would be very angry with me if I made such a suggestion like that to him. I think that they need to find their own equilibrium - and that really takes time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 130082, member: 3704"] Marg, I sending hugs as well. I don't really have an answer but I do have an observation. Our easy child, who is very much ADHD, but chooses to not use medication- is much like this at times. He is living at school now, but he visits often. Everytime he comes home for a visit it is like a whirlwind whooshing through our house. We love him, but he absolutely wears us all out - difficult child included. He is terribly high energy and he always has WAY TOO MUCH on his plate.. He is a full time student, he works full time as a teaching and research assistant, he is the manager of the campus radio station, he has a talk show and a musical show at the station, he is involved in a video contest, it just goes on and on and on...I really think that he comes home when he's just at the breaking point. He usually gets very angry at least one time when he comes home and difficult child and our "liberal" treatment of him is often the reason. Sound familiar? We consider ourselves very lucky because his visits are short, and the whirlwind whirls on out pretty quickly. I can't imagine what it would be like dealing with that day in and day out. I would suggest she cut back on at least one of her activities and get some rest - but I know that our easy child would be very angry with me if I made such a suggestion like that to him. I think that they need to find their own equilibrium - and that really takes time. [/QUOTE]
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