Today I had a very worrying email from a Mom in San Diego. She wants her story to be circulated to help other parents considering putting their child on medication:

Has anyone else experienced Vision loss while on ADHD Meds?? My daughter had this happen while on Concerta and then Daytrana (patch form). The Doctor insisted that this is NOT possible. IT IS!!
She stopped tak ... Read More

This week was a very sad week for me. Three months ago I lost my Mom and this week my dearest friend and soul mate Ruby, my little rescue boxer dog passed into the non – physical world! She, who was constantly at my side teaching me unconditional love and  helped not only me, but countless children and families in so many ways.

I have done 3 months researching into how ADHD /ADD in adults is presented in discussion forums. I have followed 5 different forum groups  with some interesting results.

Generally, discussion topics tend to be symptom based  and problem focused.  Also comments tend to be around medication. In every case I have posted ... Read More

"Life is a garden without any doubt - If you put good things in you get good things out."

The quote I included above was what my Mom always wrote in my endless amount of autograph books as a child. Her words echoed with me over the years and her wisdom and love inspired so much of my thinking. So much so that I came to develop her words into a little game that has proved to be an amazingly accu ... Read More

Today as I was doing some reading up on trends in behaviour problems like ADHD behaviours, in order to provide a great service to our community through HETwebsite. I came across a website with some articles on it.

A particular article caught my eye because it touched on something that I have so often found happening in families with ... Read More