Distracting the Distractions Raising a Child with ADD A Parents's Decision to Medicate
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Distracting the Distractions helps parents facing the tough decision whether to medicate their child diagnosed with ADD or not. The book talks about the overwhelming amount of pressure on parents to not medicate their children, which can sometimes result in the child’s best interest being forgotten. My advantage is having ADD. myself, taking the medication myself, and being a parent medicating my own child diagnosed with ADD. I can relate to other parents in a way that doctors and psychologist cannot.
Jo-Anne Sieppert
Jo-Anne Sieppert is the president and creator of Pen to Paper Publishing, was born in Leeds England and is currently living in Calgary, Alberta with her husband of fifteen years and her two sons. Jo-Anne has a level 2 in early childhood education and has worked with children now for over ten years. Jo-Anne is a member of CHADD Calgary and CADAC Canada, both of which are organizations for Attention Deficit Disorder. After being diagnosed with ADHD at age twenty-two, Jo-Anne has focused on learning, and advocating for ADHD. When her youngest son was diagnosed at age five, this became her passion. Jo-Anne runs an online support group for parents raising children with ADHD, she attends the monthly support meetings at CHADD, and presents in schools to teachers and parents.Jo-Anne uses her own personal experiences to help others facing similar struggles, she does so with honesty, care, understanding and humor. She focuses on the positive aspects of ADHD along with the real life struggles, ideas and solutions to help overcome those struggles.Jo-Anne also writes youth fiction, children’s books, poetry and articles for the online website and magazine, The Family Room. She is a regular guest on the radio show, Real Life with Susan J Sohn. Along with running the writing group Pen to Paper, Jo-Anne also attends a writing group that runs bi –weekly, and makes a point to support all local authors in her community by attending their events and adding their work to her library.
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Distracting the Distractions Raising a Child with ADD A Parents's Decision to Medicate - Jo-Anne Sieppert
INTRODUCTION
Finding out your child has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) can be an extremely confusing and frustrating time.
You have some big decisions to make – decisions that will dramatically affect your life, your child’s life and your family life, not to mention your child’s future. People you talk to about it will give you their opinions; they will tell you exactly what they would do, but the truth is that unless they are actually in your situation, they are in no position to say what they would do.
The answer seems so simple, doesn't it? Medicate your child or don’t medicate your child. Unfortunately, as I'm sure you are finding out, it’s not that simple. Ultimately, the only person who can know what is best for your child is your child. But there is nothing wrong with following either course, as long as you make the decision for the right reasons.
In this book I will tell you how I made my decisions, as a mother of a child with ADD, who also happens to be living with ADD herself. I know firsthand how ADD affects one's life, how frustrating simple things can be, and also how much medication changes everything. I will talk about why I chose to use medication for my son, without all the medical jargon that only leaves one confused and frustrated. Think of this book as a chat between parents.
Let me make it clear that I am not a doctor nor a psychiatrist, nor have I done extensive work with anyone on this matter. I don’t consider myself an expert; I am simply telling you my story, in the hopes it will shed a realistic, understand able, and comforting light on the situation you are now facing.
One can sometimes find great comfort knowing that one is not alone, nor the only person going through a trying experience. Hopefully, this book will inspire you with strength and courage in the knowledge that others have made it through this same difficult situation.
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A BRIEF LOOK BACK
I was born in Leeds, England, in December of 1978; I have one sister who is just about two years older. While we were growing up, my older sister was definitely known as the smarter, better behaved, and quieter sister. I was the loud chatterbox who always did poorly in school. It was often said of me that she has quite the imagination, that one.
Even at a young age, I knew this wasn’t meant as a compliment. In our house, discipline was the answer for everything, as it was for most families at that time. And I was in trouble a lot. I heard Sit down
, Sit still
, Pay attention
, Why can’t you be more like your sister?
over and over.
I remember thinking at first how great my sister was, until those thoughts turned to thoughts of how bad I must be. I never knew why I couldn’t behave. It wasn’t as if I didn’t try. I certainly did not care for those good hidings
or spankings I received on a regular basis. Yet as hard as I tried, I just couldn’t seem to stay out of trouble. My sister and I were pretty good friends – at least as far as sisters go. We had a great time playing together with our friends, making dens and having adventures. One of our favorite things to do was to make a den in the quarry, where, incidentally, we were not allowed to play. Nevertheless, we would head up there with all the things we needed to build our den. When it was built, I would tell scary stories, or stories of adventures, of different worlds, or of creatures I would make up. The best time was when we were allowed to stay out after dark. Then it was always scary stories we wanted to hear. We once found a book of scary stories which they asked me to read; I refused, quite embarrassed that I couldn’t read it. My sister did read aloud a story or two from the book, but it was decided that my stories were