“I HAVE ALWAYS FELT DIFFERENT”
“Doing chores and stuff at home, I always had a problem getting things done. I never really finished anything. I always started things and then I’d go off…. I got distracted very easily doing chores. I don’t know if it was voluntary distraction…but we definitely fought a lot….”
"Coach called me stupid because I had trouble understanding the instruction the first time it was given"
“I dropped out in eighth grade for a year and a half because I was so unhappy there. I think it was more of a self-esteem issue and the respect. It may have had something to do with them finding out [about my ADHD] …people looked at me differently, like, oh, she has a disability, oh, she’s stupid, she’s retarded. I mean…I just don’t get things as easily as others. And I don’t think they understood that.”
ADHD is a chronic condition, so children with ADHD and their families require a long term treatment programme that is individualised, clinically based and with sufficient support for the child and family.
GOAL OF TREATMENT:
to relieve symptoms, learning, social interaction and self-esteem, and make the condition less problem in day-to-day life.