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JILL'S STORY

I am a parent of a daughter with A.D.D. . I have read some of the stories that people have written and they are very helpful. It all started when my

daughter was getting ready to start kindergarten. She would not sit to watch a movie on TV.. She got to where she was bouncing off the walls literally bouncing. We put her a ritilan and it was not doing her any good, it made her worse. We then tried a different medicine and it did not help. So they put her on a anti-depressant to stop the mood swings she was having. But that didn't work either. We have tried everything from medicine to therapy. I get so frustrated at her, sometimes I ask myself what I did to have a child like this and I feel so bad about it.

My daughter is now in the fourth grade and is doing really good in school. Last year in third grade we had a very hard time. She had a teacher that would not work with her at all and would send her to the principles office every time she turned around. I was up at the school 2 to 3 times a week trying to work with the school and the teachers, but that was a no win situation with the teacher.

We had her tested in the school system for learning disabilities. They said when she tested her scores were not high enough to be put in a special class which really made me mad because she needed the extra help.

Her concentration level was very low to where if she was suppose to be doing something and there was to much noise or someone talking or someone would walk by her she would lose all concentration level. My daughter is in the 4th grade now and is doing excellent because I picked her teacher for the year and she is a god sent. Her teacher really has helped her allot and has boosted her ego back up because she thought she was a failure.

But when she is at home she totally changes and she won't mind or do anything she is told. Its become a big problem, I am also a single mother and its hard to find someone to have a relationship with that will understand her. I ask myself will she ever out grow this or will she grow out of it when she goes into puberty? I wish they would come out with a show about children with A.D.D so people that have no clue to what the disorder is can get a idea what parents as us go through and that these kids are not just brats they truly have a disorder that can't be helped.

Because I hear people say she is just a brat and that hurts her feeling because she can't help the way she is. I think that the teachers in the school system should be educated on how to deal with these children and get them to learn in the meantime. It is a on going battle with my daughter and will probably continue.

My daughter is a very special girl in her own way. She is a very loving person but very bullheaded. I continue looking for help for her and will take any advice I can get. She is finally balanced out on her medicine and she is able to concentrate better. But at the home front she has a long way to go.

Thank you for letting me tell my story. Its nice to know that there are other people that are in the same situation.

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