ADHD Coach - me!

[Shaz82]

Brilliant @Boogie , well done

 

[Emily]

When I worked for the NHS the psychiatrist and nurses dealt with the medication side of things, so that is my not my expertise. I don’t have knowledge of it either (except that it’s the opposite of what people think. The medication is a stimulant, not a ’calmer’. It stimulates the parts of the brain that are differently wired to ‘wire up’). I was prescribed medication and stuck with it for a week. I hated the side effects and hated the feeling of not being ’me’. I think 50 years of coping with severe ADDishness meant I just couldn’t cope with being normal!

My nephew is medicated ADHD. He's off the charts academically (doing highschool maths in yr 4) but struggles socially (will often blurt out when another kid gives a "stupid answer" in class ). He's such a lovely kid and getting the medication right has been a real challenge but, along with the countless hours of effort my brother and Sil put in (exercises, routines, meal prepping etc.) , he's doing really well. When they got the medication right, he came home from school in tears because "he was able to be good"

 

[Boogie]

My nephew is medicated ADHD. He's off the charts academically (doing highschool maths in yr 4) but struggles socially (will often blurt out when another kid gives a "stupid answer" in class ). He's such a lovely kid and getting the medication right has been a real challenge but, along with the countless hours of effort my brother and Sil put in (exercises, routines, meal prepping etc.) , he's doing really well. When they got the medication right, he came home from school in tears because "he was able to be good"

That’s brilliant

I was never good at school and never cared to be. A nightmare for teachers. I was distracted and distracting, I loved to get people laughing.

People like me really are the hardest kids to teach - but, being very much one of them, I found it easy to get them onside.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

PeeEss @Emily_Babbelhund - I do not coach friends or family, that way lies madness! I have a nice veneer of professionalism with clients.

Oh drat, I was ready to sign up and have you whip me into shape.

But I get the reasons behind it and imagine you'll be swamped enough as it is!