Pill

ME:Today I swallowed a pill, the pill. See my mom has been helping me learn to swallow a pill in the past few days. Today she gave me the new ADHD pill. It was hard to swallow at first but soon it went down. It was better than last time but I couldn't eat my lunch. It hurt, my stomach couldn't take it. And before dinner my stomach hurt and I felt awful. I had some trouble eating dinner too. But compared to the patch it was easy.It made me do better in my bible study too. It really helped. I feel good about starting this pill, really good.

What it feels like to have ADHD

ME:at school ADHD effects me by making me not concentrate in things like math. I am so frustrated cause I can't do what others can. What I mean is that I can't listen in class so I get lower grades. It's just so frustrating that somedays I give up. There's no other choice but to give up. I also can't sit still during class. It's too hard. And then I can't concentrate on my homework at my house. I really hope this medicine helps.

The Patch

ME: As my mom told you in the last post the patch didn't work. Well lets start in the morning when mommy and daddy told me to put on the patch it was simple. Since it was a Saturday i was at home all day. It went well until lunch. I couldn't eat not at all. It hurt to eat. All I had for lunch was some applesauce and a bite of macaroni. Right about then my heart started racing I was breathing probably a mile a minute. Then at dinner my grandparents took me and my sister to the waffle house. It was the best meal ever. But I only ate 2 bites of my waffles. And eating a bit of a piece of bacon felt like I was forcefeeding my self. When I went to bed that night my heart was still racing. My mom was worried about me so she slept with me. But all night I could not sleep. My body was wide awake. My eyes didn't even feel droopy. I was still wide awake at about 2:00 a.m. I got barely 3 hours of sleep that night. So now trying the patch again is out of the question. Mommy called the doctor and we are going to try a new medicine next weekend.

I actually, really, and truly have ADHD?

ME: It never occurred to me that I had ADHD. A few weeks ago when mommy told there was a possibility that I had ADHD I was dumbfounded. Sure I'd heard of ADHD before. I had thought it was some kind of disability that made your brain not focus well. I didn't really like the idea that I might have a disability. But, then mommy told me about it, she said it was NOT a disability. When I found out that I had ADHD for real It took me awhile to take it all in. Now I think of it as an obstacle that I will fight. ADHD.