leonardianne
07-26-02, 06:32 PM
Hi everyone my name is Anne and I am ADHD, gosh that sounds like I'm in an AA meeting, ha! :p Anyway I was diagnosed as ADD (inatentive or whatever you call it!) about 7 years ago. I worked full time at the time and I constantly had a pile of undone things and I always made sure that I had free time to finish long project uninterupted (I hate interuptions!). So when I started taking Ritalin I discovered that my "pile" disapeered, I was actually finishing my put off boring projects, it was great! Plus I could actually get interupted from a long project and not get all stressed about it. :cool:
So then I got pregnant and had a baby and stopped taking the Ritalin and have not thought much about ADD until recently.
I have recently started homeschooling my 2 children one that is ADHD (hyperactive). So I have been just sitting around basically doing nothing, well accept laundry and cleaning the kitchen cause that's easy. But I have about 5 different projects that I have started in the past year, all of which could be done in a week easily! But every day I think about all of the homeschool stuff plus my own projects and what do I do, sit around and watch tv and make sure my kids aren't hurting eachother and that they're fed (no they're not neglected). ;)
I'm also having to read a book to teach myself how to teach my dd spelling and every time I get a page or 2 into it I fall asleep. :o That's how I vividly remember school growing up, falling asleep while I read boring things or hard to understand things, anything really that requires much thought! Plus I remember as a child that my teacher always said to my parents in conferences, "Anne is not really listening maybe we should put her in the front row where she can really listen.". So they did from then on put me in the front row but they'd still call on me and I'd be off in never never land and have no idea what the teacher was talking about. Yeah I'd be watching the teacher but in my mind I was thinking about a million other things. :eek:
Anyway, that's enough about me! :D I think I have a mild case of ADD, maybe not I don't know. What do ya'll think? :confused:
So then I got pregnant and had a baby and stopped taking the Ritalin and have not thought much about ADD until recently.
I have recently started homeschooling my 2 children one that is ADHD (hyperactive). So I have been just sitting around basically doing nothing, well accept laundry and cleaning the kitchen cause that's easy. But I have about 5 different projects that I have started in the past year, all of which could be done in a week easily! But every day I think about all of the homeschool stuff plus my own projects and what do I do, sit around and watch tv and make sure my kids aren't hurting eachother and that they're fed (no they're not neglected). ;)
I'm also having to read a book to teach myself how to teach my dd spelling and every time I get a page or 2 into it I fall asleep. :o That's how I vividly remember school growing up, falling asleep while I read boring things or hard to understand things, anything really that requires much thought! Plus I remember as a child that my teacher always said to my parents in conferences, "Anne is not really listening maybe we should put her in the front row where she can really listen.". So they did from then on put me in the front row but they'd still call on me and I'd be off in never never land and have no idea what the teacher was talking about. Yeah I'd be watching the teacher but in my mind I was thinking about a million other things. :eek:
Anyway, that's enough about me! :D I think I have a mild case of ADD, maybe not I don't know. What do ya'll think? :confused: