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Post by Blue Oreo on Oct 31, 2003 10:54:01 GMT -5
My name is Erin. I live in Alaska with my husband of 11 yrs, 4 kids, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 6 fish, 1 momma moose with twins. We just finalized the adoption of three siblings with special needs we had as foster parents. They are ages 4,5, 10. The two youngest are boys who both have Hemophilia A, one has cerible palsy as well, and ADHD. The girl just turned 10 today, she has a suitcase full of disabilities from the abuse from her biological parents. She has ADHD, ODD, OCD, SAD, mild mental retardation, PTSD, Bipolar if that wasnt enough, she was molested repeatedly by the father with the mother passed out next to him. I also do fostor care for a private agency and the State of Alaska. I have a 17 yr old who also has PTSD, and moderate retardation, along with a slew of other problems, ODD being very known here. I have been on the old site for a few months now, found it by accident. This one is awesome and I love all the people I have met over the past few months. It has helped me gain information about meds and daily battles.
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Post by vickilyn32 on Oct 31, 2003 16:35:13 GMT -5
My name is Vicki, I am married, have one DS-13 in 7th grade inattentive/impulsive adhd. Plays football, basketball, track and is taking strattera and doing very well on it. We have normal Teen problems now. one DD-10 going on 20 and in 5th grade. DD is in the gifted program in school, takes dance (jazz. and ballet), gymnastics and in girlscouts. DH is a truckdriver so I am alone with the kids most of the time. I work full time in a college library, and full time being moms taxi.
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Post by vickilyn32 on Oct 31, 2003 16:36:42 GMT -5
I forgot to mention we have 6 dogs of various sizes and 4 cats. lol
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Post by Kymn on Oct 31, 2003 18:06:43 GMT -5
Hi I'm Kymn have been on the old forum for a couple of months now and live for the time I get to myself to type to and read from all of you.I am 34 married 8 years.I have a lovely ADHD son named Derek he is 7 and a stunningly beautiful ;D daughter named Tenille no signs yet with her but she is only 18months.Of course I new something was up with Derek by now.I live in British columbia Canada and my son is currently taking Ritalin with very good results.God bless you V for getting us up and running so quickly this really is a life line.Love my hubby to death but talking to him about all this stuff just doesnt get me the results I need  |
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Post by kstquilter on Oct 31, 2003 21:59:19 GMT -5
hi everyone!
i'm so glad veronica was kind enough to get this started. i've only been with the old list since summer but you people have helped me so many times.
i've been married for 22 years have two children, dd is adhd and 18 years old, ds is 15 and not adhd.
dd is currently doing well in college, b's as far as we know. i'm extremely pleased with that as long as that's what she's really getting. those are just the papers she's let us see.
we've recently caught her in a few big lies so i'm really struggling with loss of trust issues.
it's great to see so many familiar names here!
karen
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Post by dansmommy on Nov 1, 2003 8:38:19 GMT -5
Hi -- I'm Christie, dansmommy from the other site. Dan is eight, with Tourette's, ADHD, and some other stuff that I'm still trying to figure out. I have a four year old daughter who is not ADHD, but she's not boring either! I found the other site about six months ago or so and just came back from vacation to find the other site gone and this one started. Thanks everyone for all the hard work that's gone into both sites. Christie
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Post by nbd3 on Nov 1, 2003 19:56:23 GMT -5
Hi all,
I was nancydana at the last site. I didn't post much, but read all the time. So so helpful. I have three boys one 8, and two 7 (fraternal twins) all are severely ADHD with impulsivity. We deal daily with OCD issues, tics and possible LD's. Exhausting, but they are great boys.
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Post by Veronika on Nov 1, 2003 20:27:24 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I am so glad that everyone likes the new site! It's so nice to see familiar names, glad you guys came over, it wouldn't be 'home' without you  I would like to welcome all the new members, I hope you all feel at home here. It's not a web address that makes this feel like 'home'.....it's the warm and caring people  This "Roll Call" thread is so cute! I guess it's my turn to introduce myself. I live in Ontario, Canada. I am 32 yrs old,I have been with my husband for 11 amazing years ;D I have 2 great kids.....a little hard to handle at the moment, but they are great kids ;D(that's an entire page to explain these 2  I will explain my saga soon. I have 2 dogs, a Great Dane, and a Collie/Lab mix, I also have 2 cats. Our son Johnathon is 12 yrs old, ADHD/Mood Disorder, and my step son Keith (who we won custody of in November 2001) is 13 yrs old. We have had him tested for a few different things, but no results yet. Ron, my husband has been rasing Johnathon since he was 1 yr old. Johnathon's biological father, who I married when I was 19, passed away in May 1992. Renee (the administrator of ADHD.com) saved my life 4 1/2 yrs ago. I found her forums and joined within minutes. I have never been so relieved to find other parents who understood what I was (and still am) going through! I made some dear friends over the past 4 1/2 yrs, and I was so afraid that our family on the adhd site would be seperated when Renee announced it would be closing. I want other parents to experience the friendships, understanding, and the feeling of NOT being alone as I did. I have been a Moderator on adhd.com for 4 years, and I can't think of one day that I have not thanked Renee for creating that site! I can tell you with all honesty that it doesn' t take long to make close friends here. Everyone understands eachother, and in this world, we need that! |
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Post by Linda on Nov 1, 2003 20:35:44 GMT -5
Veronika I am very happy you are an active administrator. I too agree that I could not have done it alone without Renee and her wonderful forum,and I thank her for it and hope she pops in once in a while. TEXT ;D |
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Post by Mishamom on Nov 1, 2003 23:19:31 GMT -5
I'm a 35 mom of 3 great kids and married to a wonderful husband for 12 years now. My oldest is my daughter Codi who is 11 (going on 16) and is as normal as it gets for a girl of 11! My middle child, Emily, turned 5 in July and has recently been diagnosed as severe ADHD with predominant hyperactivity. She has been going to speech therapy for 1+ year now with tremendous success!! When she started she could hardly be understood by anyone. Now she speaks much more clearly, has a normal vocabulary for her age and expresses her sense of humour much to my delight! She is almost always in a great mood, happy and infectious. Everyone around her seems to instantly adore her and I've been lucky that so many people have stepped up to be on her 'team'. It's been a long road to this diagnosis and yet I know we're still just at the start of this marathon. This Wednesday I go back to the pediatrician to go over test results from the psychologist and discuss medication options. She is repeating 4 year preschool this year - it was recommended that we keep her out of kinder this year to give her a chance to catch up. She is already falling behind mostly because she cannot function in class for any length of time. We've decided to give medication a try and see if it helps her be more successful. We want very badly for her to stay with her peer group as much as possible. My youngest is a son named Dillon. He will be 2 in December and so far seems to be developing and behaving much as our oldest daughter did. We are hoping that he will not have to go through the difficulties of ADD or ADHD. We also have 3 cats and a great dane named Becky (she thinks she's a lap dog). We recently lost our doberman to age and thankfully found a home for the two parakeets. I was having trouble deciding if we were Noah's Ark or Dr. Doolittle's workshop! ;D |
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Post by crazymama on Nov 2, 2003 4:47:57 GMT -5
Hi I am Lisa. I have been married 18 yrs. 1 bio son 22 ADD. 3 adopted. 11 yo ds ADHD 9 yo dd 7 mon ds. I am fairly new. I only post once in a while, usually when I am in crisis. Glad I was able to find you. |
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Post by weskie on Nov 2, 2003 18:44:49 GMT -5
Hi everybody! I just found the ADHD site a couple of weeks ago and was distressed to read that it wouldn't be continuing. Thanks, Veronica, for the new site! I'm 59, married 30 years to a guy with ADD, and we have two wonderful children. DD, 25, diagnosed in fourth grade with ADD and ODD, didn't take any meds until the end of 9th grade when she tried Ritalin and it changed her life! She became a super student and is now in grad school getting her Ph.D. in comparative literature!! DS, 20, was diagnosed in second grade with ADHD and dysgraphia. He started Ritalin in third grade , but it wasn't the magic bullet that it was for DD. He's tried many things--he also has depression. Right now he's on Wellbutrin, Celexa, and Adderall, and is doing quite well. He's taken a semester off from college and will go to University College Dublin in January, which he's really looking forward to. DH was diagnosed after DS and decided to try Ritalin, but it caused him to become depressed and he's not taking anything now. I wish this site had been around when my kids were small. It would have been such a tremendous help! I thought I was the only mom dealing with these problems. Reading over others' contributions, I feel as if I'm getting support in retrospect!! |
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Post by nascarsharon on Nov 2, 2003 22:27:26 GMT -5
hello everybody
my name is sharon,i have been married now for 10 years to a great dad and husband.
i have 2 kids. my son is 6 years old going on 7 he as adhd he was finally dx this year in may. and is doing much better in school. my daughter is 4 will 5 in dec. she doesn't have adhd.
i live i michigan.
i have been on the web site for a couple of months i just don;t post much.
thank you sharon
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Post by LitlBaa on Nov 2, 2003 23:19:03 GMT -5
Hi everybody! I was LitlBaa on the old site, and still LitlBaa here. My name's Mary, married for three years, husband recently dx'd ADD, one daughter who's 12, ADHD combined, two grown stepsons (21 and 20). I'm a substitute teacher when I'm furloughed from the IRS, my daughter is a sixth degree brown belt in karate and a seventh grader, my husband is a full time college student (that's why he decided to be screened for ADD), younger stepson in college in FL, older one wants to be Tony Hawk.
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Post by cantsitstill on Nov 3, 2003 19:50:57 GMT -5
Name is Scot, had signed in as rsscoty (user name from my hot rod boards) on ADHD.com, made one or two post then learned it wasn't continueing.
I'm 36, and in the early stages of getting myself DX'd adhd.
My what a trip life has been. I always knew something wasn't right with me but did'nt know what! I guess I do now.
Glad to have found the sites, as mentioned earlier, I also belong to several hot rod forum boards so you can probably guess my hobbies inclued aoutmobiles.
Getting ready to change jobs and have some anxieties about it but think it is the right thing to do
Scoty
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