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Dad doen't believe......
My son and I both have ADHD. He is currently taking Concerta XR and Intuniv. Both have helped immensly. His teachers and daycare sing the praises of what these medications have been able to do for him, and I see the difference in his school work and behavior also.
His father and I have been split for about 6yrs now. He spends a week at my house and then a week at his fathers with his father and his dad's gf. His father and the gf do not believe in ADHD. They refuses to give him meds (he is administered them at school each day), wont attend dr appointments, wont do any research on the subject, and wont read anything I give them. They do however punish my son for his ADHD behavior when he is not medicated on weekends at their house. Their mindset is that there is nothing wrong with him, he is just lazy or needs more discipline. My son will tell everyone else that the meds help him, but then tells dad he doesnt like them. It is so disheartening for me to hear them treat it like nothing and like I just can handle my son so i choose to medicate them. They are so good at making me feel like a bad parent. I know what a struggle ADHD is because I have it too, and I spent my youth being called lazy and impulsive and if only I would just think...........
Any hints on how to get such closeminded people to listen, or how to deal and help my son deal with the negative being thrown at us from his father???
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