Wednesday, October 1, 2008
ADHD Sucks
yeah, I said it. I feel totally helpless, guilty and out of sorts. We've decided to try medication for Gabe. I hate saying that. I hate admitting it. I really feel like I've failed him. Where did I go wrong? He's such a sweet boy. We want to help him. I didn't want to turn to medication. BUT, I don't like seeing my child suffer. I don't like hearing him cry about his day. How nobody likes him, how he's picked on every last damn day. How he feels stupid because he can't finish his work. I can't have that for him anymore. WE can't have that any more. We love him. We want him to be happy. I don't want to be judged for my decision. OUR decision. Walk a mile in his shoes. Then we'll talk.
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2 comments:
Not being a parent myself, I can only imagine the helpless feelings you must have when the methods you've tried to use to help your son have come up with less than the desired results. Too many times you hear of parents who are quick to embrace medication as the only way to treat ADHD especially. Kudos to the two of you for not being that kind of parents.
That said, medicine can be very powerful in its healing abilities. I wish you and Gabe all the best, and that the medication is able to do its job and ease the suffering, for all of you.
I've always been apprehensive of taking medication of any sort, but I also recognize and respect the fact that there are medications out there for our use when we truly need them.
If you've done all you can do as a parent, and there's nothing else left, go to plan B. You can fail by doing too much or not doing enough, but you have to be able to live with yourself, and it sounds like you've done the best you can--which is the opposite of failure. Just keep on loving him the same way!
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