Adult Children of Parents with ADD | ADHD Information

Hi Dog,

Been a long strange trip for me too.  I don't find your suggesion offensive, as I am one of those people that grew up in an untreated ADD home.  I have a hunch both of my parents had it to some degree.  My Father is gone, but I still have my Mom and I just have to take her as she is.  Some days she will admit she may have it and others it's back to denial.  I think when my daughter was formally diagnosed it finally hit home that it was real.  My Mother will never get treated for it and at age 67, I don't expect her to get on medication now.  She already has some medical conditions that require 2 different medications.  She seems to have mellowed as she's gotten older and also not living in the same house I think is better for our relationship. 

For me, it seems to help when I can relate to others that have a similar background to mine.  In my opinion, it can only help heal the past hurts, misunderstandings and failures when you can share it with others that have been there and lift each other up.  Dee

 

I hope this doesn't offend anyone. 

I think people who grew up with parents with untreated add probably have some common experiences and issues (in addition to their own hopefully treated add) much like adult children of alcoholics have common experiences and issues. 

I wonder if such a group - in live format - would be useful for many people. 

That might be a place many of us are still trying to recover from.  What a long strange trip it has been.  I love my Mom, but that's something I am still trying to figure out.I know what you mean, bit different though as alcoholics have a choice and that can bring up a whole set of issues, ADDrs don't choose and sometimes don't realise until later life like mysel(age 36) that the reason for their behaviour is something other than nature and nurture,