My sister and I have been diagnosed, but my mom, dad, and brother have all the symptoms. My parents, I think, compensated by perfectionism and keeping themselves really tightly wound. They've mellowed, now that all three of us kids have left home, but a few years ago when my father decided it was time for the whole family to clean the music closet ... oh that was fun. Talk about tearing your hair out :)

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My son, age 16, was cured of ADHD, bipolar and schizophrenia and I have published his at www.cureadhdbipolar.net to help others. If you would like more info, you may email me at fatimaangels@gmail.com.

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My husband has the combination type of ADHD, I have the inattentive type and our son and daughter both have the inattentive type. My sister also has the inattentive type. My husband was adopted so we don't have any information on his biological family.

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I have been diagnosed with ADD, my 2 younger brothers are ADD but undiagnosed, my mom was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and my dad has mental things too but he is undiagnosed. So, YES, it is possible to have a family full of mental disorders. I'm living proof! The problems come when we use our individual coping mechanisms and try to communicate expecting the other people in the family to read our minds and operate with the same coping mechanisms we do. It doesn't work that way... we've learned (the hard way sometimes) that we need to communicate constantly to keep up with each other. My boyfriend is ADD, PTSD, OCD, and recently diagnosed with borderline personality on top of it all. So, even in our home life we are learning every day to cope with ourselves and communicate with each other. We have safe words like "STOP" when we start to ramble, argue, or think out loud too much. When we hear that, we both stop, separate, and chill out. Then in 5-10 minutes we can resume talking or driving or whatever it was. Try safe words. They work really well... but the whole family has to agree that that is the safe word or else it may come off as an insult or a challenge when someone says "STOP" to you.

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Oh yes we do. My middle son was the first to be diagnosed. From there, of course I read everything I could get my hands on about ADD/ADHD, and surprise, surprise-- the force is strong in our family. Spend a lot of time on testing and doctors. The good thing is that I finally understand myself and my husband a lot better. I spent the first 40 years of my life beating myself up for being stupid and lazy and tryhing to figure out why I could do "the hard stuff," but couldn't manage to keep up with the laundry. Yeah, life is challenging--really, really challenging, a lot of the time...but it's also fun and we're never,ever bored. I'm thankful that my kids won't spend a big chunk of thier lives trying to figure themselves out. They get that their brains work differently, and we just have to figure our way around the roadblocks. Good luck to you.

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In my family all three of females - my mom, my sister and me have ADHD. My dad doesn't. But ADHD is indeed a highly inheritable trait. As a metter of fact I feel that both my sister and me have a worse "variation" of ADHD, than our mother. I feel if there are many people in the family with this problem it is 1. important to get everybody diagnosed and on medication 2. have a high level of structure/ organisation in the family i.e. wake up at the same time every day, have dinner at the same time, be clear on who is doing what around the house, maybe even set up a board listing everyday duties. People with ADHD need more clear structure/ rules/ goals than anybody else. I have a daily planner and every night before I go to sleep I write myself what I am supposed to do the following day. The day after as the Nike ad says I - Just do it.

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angel55fatima said: My son, age 16, was cured of ADHD, bipolar and schizophrenia and I have published his at www.cureadhdbipolar.net to help others. If you would like more info, you may email me at fatimaangels@gmail.com.

Fatima

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