My Rant. Trigger warning. Unspoiled.

I was placed into foster care immediately after my birth because my "birth mom" thought it would be a great idea to do a $#%^ ton of drugs and drink while pregnant with me. I'm still working through this since I just found out the real reasons I was placed in foster care a month ago, so please don't play devils advocate for her....please....I know finding out your pregnant is scary I'm just not in the mood to hear that right now.

Anyways, she OD'ed and they had to have an emergency c-section to get me out to save me, I was born 3 months premature. I thought I was just born early...not that she was maybe trying to kill herself or me.

Because of this I was born with poly substance fetal syndrome or something along those lines, it's the same concept as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome but involving drugs like Heroin, Marijuana and stuff like that. The by-products of this are often ADHD.

Which I was finally diagnosed with in the Summer of 2008.

It pisses me off, to no end, when people say ADHD/ADD isn't real. It sure as hell is real when you're born with drugs and alcohol in your system and you're face is basically "deformed", not grotesquely but there are difference in it.


...I don't know if any of this makes any sense, I just needed to "dump" this stuff....I'm sorry if I triggered or upset anyone.

Hey,

I seem to recall reading this thread yesterday, and I'm sure that I already replied. I cannot find it anywhere else on the website though; and - oh well - maybe I'm just having déjà vu. Who says that ADHD isn't real, by the way? I thought that's it's well recognised, in fact. What I don't believe/agree with is - in fact - the way that it's viewed as a big problem. I think that it can actually be a great gift to have, if only society had the correct resources for dealing with it. When you think about it, being a bit hyperactive can mean that you get many things donw, and people with this can be fantastic workers. It's only due to the way that society is structured that they struggle.

Kevin

I am sorry this happened to you. Did your mom ever come around and clean up her act? Did she ever start acting like a mom at any point?

I have it, too and my dad doesn't believe its "real." Neither does anyone in my family really, except my mom.

I also hate when people are lazy/procrastinating and say "oh I'm so ADD today."

ugh. that's not how it works!!!!

just letting you know I totally feel your aggravation.