Treatment dilemma
My husband and I are on opposite sides of the fence regarding medication and our 8 year old daughter. She’s been struggling academically since 1st grade (now in 3rd) but…
A place to discuss attention deficit disorder (with and without hyperactivity) in girls.
My husband and I are on opposite sides of the fence regarding medication and our 8 year old daughter. She’s been struggling academically since 1st grade (now in 3rd) but…
I’ m looking for advice from anyone who has been there. 8 year old daughter was diagnosed last year with ADHD. It has been a rough couple years for her…
I at my wits end with my daughter - she is 13 1/2 and has ADD. Up until this school year we have dealt with some basic forgetting to do…
My 7 year old daughter was officially diagnosed with ADHD-Inattentive type yesterday. It was no shock to us as we have been thinking she had this for some time. (I…
The ADD symptom that has surprised me the most is the social issues- not that kids with ADD might be annoying sometimes if they are hyper and talk too much,…
We’ve been struggling with my daughter’s schooling since she was 5 years old. She has been tested through the school and our primary care physician but no one seems to…
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Her first menstrual period was when she was one month short of her tenth birthday. Ever since then she does not seem to understand how to take care of herself…
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