How can I cope with other people's attitudes toward my child with ADHD?

As you come to appreciate your attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) child's gifts, you may find yourself continually frustrated by how little your new perspective is shared in the real world. There are three strategies for coping with others' attitudes toward your child. One is to transform your own negative emotional responses toward others' rejecting attitudes.

Another is to become an advocate for your child in mental health and educational settings. Another is to find alternative treatments and educational settings that respect your child's difference as a gift. All of these strategies include your remaining active in your efforts to cope with your child's diagnosis of ADHD.

The worst thing you can do is to give up and give in to feeling hopeless and helpless, which can lead to depression and lessen your child's likelihood of improvement. And recent research has found that children diagnosed with ADHD have a poorer response to medication when their primary care provider reports depressive symptoms: "Our findings suggest that consideration of parental psychological adjustment may be key when treating children with medication Initial screening of parents for depressive symptoms, followed by treatment for those who are at least mildly depressed, might result in more children with ADHD showing excellent response to treatments that are medication based." These findings suggest that when you feel hopeless it is important for you and for your child's recovery that you seek treatment for yourself.

These findings also indicate a powerful truth about your child's symptoms: your own level of functioning dramatically affects your child's symptoms. However, by remaining active in your coping efforts, you have the power to prevent depression.

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