I've been on & off struggling with DS's behaviour since he was quite young. He's come along way over the past 3 years, with a lot of hard work from me. I can not be lax with him. I have to be hard all the time. As soon as he sees weakness from me, he takes it & runs.

I saw a behavioural paed yesterday. Just because I was having trouble with it all, and I wanted to make sure there wasn't something underlying.

Now I'm having trouble with the fact that there may well be another diagnosis. Another child medicated. More judgement. I am lucky I have people who support me through & through. They are the reason I followed through with this appointment, but there are so many people judging, without even knowing they're doing it.

When will people accept that this is real. That my kids, my family is really struggling :/ they don't need a good flogging. They need support. Anxiety will not just go away if I force them to be alone/in the dark. It will turn into panic attacks & adult anxiety & depression.

Stop judging. Educate yourselves I've even met a principle who's had children on meds, but doesn't actually know what ADD/ADHD is.

Comments in general conversations about those 'who just chuck their kids on medication'. Bite me. This isn't easy. Meds don't make instantly well behaved dosile kids you know! It is in no way the easy way out!

*sigh* things I struggle to say in the real world. I do on occasion, but it depends on who the person is.