My thanks to Linda Morgan for forwarding this to me!!

I had to share it - it explains so much!!

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!


Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.


This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I l ... Read More

I just thought I'd share an interesting piece of research that shows that when a group of children already diagnosed with ADHD were reassessed, 1 in 3 were found not to have ADHD!

Worth a read!

http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=518622

For all those families whose children have received a diagnosis of ADHD - you may well have been advised to look at introducing medication.

Have you ever wondered how that diagnosis came about? It is not like diabetes for example which is established through simple blood tests - it is down to a checklist of criteria.

Those criteria are defined by people who sit in rooms and talk about it. And guess what they can't agree on it  - does that inspire you with conf ... Read More

Today’s interesting read was through the latest guidelines for ADHD produced by the national Institute for Clinical Excellence – (NICE) – 2008

Downloadable from here:

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG72/NiceGuidance/pdf/Engli sh

Acco ... Read More

An ADHD definition is based on the fact that a child has been checked against a list of certain behavioural symptoms which they have exhibited over a period of time.

I have worked with a child who visited America with her family and she was a ... Read More