I have never been formally diagnosed with ADHD, but after reading up on it and completing some online tests, I believe I have it and may have slight ASD.
All throughout my childhood I have been 'different', I have found it difficult to make friends, although I am forever grateful for my wonderful friends that I do have. I was picked on, as a child, not only by my peers, but by the teachers in my school. Even when I went to new places I was picked on, and that was without the other kids knowing me! Put it this way, I struggled. Do I want sympathy? No, not at all - those experiences have made me who I am now.
Anyway, I am married to the most patient and loving husband, I could ever have dreamed of. We have 2 children, 1 of whom has ASD.
I home educated my children, the reason? My youngster son, who has ASD was labelled by the teachers as a trouble maker - at the age of 4! He would get up and wander around the classroom while the other children did their work. He had been moved up a year, 2 terms too early and couldn't cope with the work. The headteacher always had him in his office, one time, because he had jumped in a puddle - the lad was 4, it's what 4 year olds do! Anyway the straw which broke the camel's back was when he told me that my son was weird. I was gob smacked and my husband and I decided it would be best to withdraw him and teach him at home - for a year, at least.
He has a diagnosis of Semantic Pragmatic Disorder from a paediatrician, this term is no longer used, Aspergers is the common name now, and is recognised by most people. I looked into diet for children with ASD/ADHD and found research had been done on giving an affected child a diet free from Gluten, Casein and additives. We trialled this and the improvements were amazing - he is in his 20s and isn't on the diet now.
Through the years I have come to the conclusion that I have ADHD and/or ASD. I have followed a GF/CF Diet in the past, but it was a fair few years ago and I can't remember how I felt. I have always had concentration issues, sleep deprivation, dark rings under my eyes, depression, anxieties, fear, short term memory problems etc. Now I have digestive problems so I have decided, enough is enough, I am going to trial a GF/CF Diet again and record the changes (if there are any), my feelings, thoughts etc. To see if this diet also works in adults. I have googled GF/CF Diet and all the info I saw was for children, but surely if adults have ASD/ADHD the same diet should help them too.
In work, I think that they don't understand me, I'm still strange, I still find it difficult in new situations, I'm sure I miss some social cues, I tend to speak before I think etc. so enough about my background - time to get going! (I have a yummy recipe for gluten free American style pancakes, so those for breakfast with some blueberries and maple syrup - yum yum)!
All throughout my childhood I have been 'different', I have found it difficult to make friends, although I am forever grateful for my wonderful friends that I do have. I was picked on, as a child, not only by my peers, but by the teachers in my school. Even when I went to new places I was picked on, and that was without the other kids knowing me! Put it this way, I struggled. Do I want sympathy? No, not at all - those experiences have made me who I am now.
Anyway, I am married to the most patient and loving husband, I could ever have dreamed of. We have 2 children, 1 of whom has ASD.
I home educated my children, the reason? My youngster son, who has ASD was labelled by the teachers as a trouble maker - at the age of 4! He would get up and wander around the classroom while the other children did their work. He had been moved up a year, 2 terms too early and couldn't cope with the work. The headteacher always had him in his office, one time, because he had jumped in a puddle - the lad was 4, it's what 4 year olds do! Anyway the straw which broke the camel's back was when he told me that my son was weird. I was gob smacked and my husband and I decided it would be best to withdraw him and teach him at home - for a year, at least.
He has a diagnosis of Semantic Pragmatic Disorder from a paediatrician, this term is no longer used, Aspergers is the common name now, and is recognised by most people. I looked into diet for children with ASD/ADHD and found research had been done on giving an affected child a diet free from Gluten, Casein and additives. We trialled this and the improvements were amazing - he is in his 20s and isn't on the diet now.
Through the years I have come to the conclusion that I have ADHD and/or ASD. I have followed a GF/CF Diet in the past, but it was a fair few years ago and I can't remember how I felt. I have always had concentration issues, sleep deprivation, dark rings under my eyes, depression, anxieties, fear, short term memory problems etc. Now I have digestive problems so I have decided, enough is enough, I am going to trial a GF/CF Diet again and record the changes (if there are any), my feelings, thoughts etc. To see if this diet also works in adults. I have googled GF/CF Diet and all the info I saw was for children, but surely if adults have ASD/ADHD the same diet should help them too.
In work, I think that they don't understand me, I'm still strange, I still find it difficult in new situations, I'm sure I miss some social cues, I tend to speak before I think etc. so enough about my background - time to get going! (I have a yummy recipe for gluten free American style pancakes, so those for breakfast with some blueberries and maple syrup - yum yum)!
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