Thanks Jillete, I wish my parents had as much compassion as you have.
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*Thanks and I am sure you cannot be on all the time due to school and exams coming up. Good luck on them. I know where we live school goes to June 20
hi.. puckbunny told me to share with you about my brother. he has ADHD..im only 14 years old but i have been through a lot with him...He is very very very rude, mean, hateful, ugly (not as in looks)...I didnt start this till about a month ago..but i need some advice..My parents are so much more diffrent then me..We adopted him when i was 2..so he is now 12 years old. My parents dont really have a record of his birthparents or the kind of conditons that they had...But when it comes to ADHD..me and my parents a REALLY DIFFRENT! See my mom thinks ADHD is a excuse for him..Like he could get away with murdur and she would say oh well he has ADHD! Its crazy! Like i will forget to unload a dishwasher and i get yelled at..but my brother is a whole diffrent story..they really do make it seem like ADHD is a excuse of his behavior. I just dont know what to do. I have told my mom how i feel about my brother...but she never seems to know what im talking about...ill talk to you more about this when i get a chance..would you please write back
carrie
Carrie, I can relate to a lot of what you said and your reaction to your brother and his ADHD is completely understandable. It's tough to be on the outside of ones condition and not able to understand, trust me when I say this - I know. Both my brother and mother are Bipolar - imagine that. My dad, much like your mom, always tells me to "understand" why my mother acts like that and to except it. In many ways I have, but sometimes I feel the lack of the motherly care and compassion - it's always about her... very needy. I love my mother however, and I've grown to have a better understanding. My brother, wow, when I was around your age or younger my brother was awful. He was rude, conceded, and he always beat-up on me. I kept telling myself that I would hate my brothers forever, I would never forgive them - but know he's 21 and the others 24 and I coexist with them much more peacefully. It seemed like my bipolar brother went through a lot of tough stages, but in the end he turned out alright. One thing I have learned is change is very slow. Too slow sometimes for people to give it credit.