Magic Pills

They're not magic pills. They have side effects. The main one being the fact that you have to explain to your son why he's taking a pill. Why it wont make him any different. You have to explain to him that there isn't an end to it. Why...

God doesn't give you more than you can handle.

God also doesn't consult before handing out the burdens.

ADHD doesn't have a cure, it has treatments. I thank God that we know now - that we didn't struggle through and wait till things were different - worse.

Rowan is different when he takes the medicine. He's able to focus, instead of scattering all directions. It also makes him less impulsive, less hyper.

I think it is still Rowan. That's the most important thing, that it is still Rowan inside the little boy body.

We're going to try behavioral changes also. The first is Taekwando. The second is talking to a psychologist at the same clinic that we took Dominic to for his autism diagnosis.

This feels like a marathon, and someone is moving my finish line.