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Originally Posted by Altenweg

How does my sons ADHD make me feel?

Like I failed him somehow. Like I did something wrong while I was pregnant with him, or I gave him some dormant gene I didn't know about.

It makes me feel helpless because I am. It makes me feel angry because he has to deal with this every day and I don't know how he feels.

I feel frustrated because I can't fix this, because the only alternative is medication, and I hate to medicate my child.

I also feel grateful that this was diagnosed and he's getting the help he needs. I feel lucky because he's a great kid and he's a part of my life. I feel proud because he's never given up, he's always done his best and he's jumped over obstacles that most of us can't even imagine.

All in all, I feel like a mom. :)

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:) You shouldn't feel like you failed him somehow, you can't control what genes he gets and what genes he doesn't get. People live happy when they chooses so . They could still live a very fulfilling life. All you have to do is teach your child so when he grows up, you will understand that and would not take that as an excuse to stop trying. Man, and is he indeed very lucky, all of us are very lucky, because 50-60 years ago, they probably wouldn't have nearly the technology we use to cure our most common sickness that we use today :D. So it's very good that we're born in an age where there's people watching over us, and 911 right at our fingertips!!