Comments on: Striking a Balance: Summer Survival Tips for Families Managing ADHD http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/04/13/striking-a-balance-summer-survival-tips-for-families-managing-adhd/ empowering ADHD families to celebrate Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: busy holandia http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/04/13/striking-a-balance-summer-survival-tips-for-families-managing-adhd/comment-page-1/#comment-183 busy holandia Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:29:15 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=622#comment-183 Thanks for share, please keep us posting about this info. I'd like to read it more. Thanks for share, please keep us posting about this info. I’d like to read it more.

]]> By: Sue Scheff: Sue Scheff Blog http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/04/13/striking-a-balance-summer-survival-tips-for-families-managing-adhd/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Sue Scheff: Sue Scheff Blog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:36:49 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=622#comment-167 [...] Striking a Balance: Summer Survival Tips for Families Managing ADHD [...] [...] Striking a Balance: Summer Survival Tips for Families Managing ADHD [...]

]]> By: Rhashidah http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/04/13/striking-a-balance-summer-survival-tips-for-families-managing-adhd/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Rhashidah Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:27:36 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=622#comment-165 My daughter has taken a physician suggested med vacation for the past five years and as a result grows an average of 1 to 2 sizes in the summer. If she is having an especially difficult day (usually if she eats something that she shouldn't have), she'll take a short acting med, otherwise she takes various supplements and engages in activities to help improve executive functioning and bolster neurotransmitters. So far, it's been working and she has great fun at camp with her friends. She turns 10 in June and was diagnosed at age five. So for anyone who is considering a med vacations, doing so doesn't mean gloom and doom. I like the summer contract idea. For spring break, we took the time to discuss what my daughter would like to do and it turned out well. She was cognizant of what I needed to accomplish and we balanced these needs. My daughter has taken a physician suggested med vacation for the past five years and as a result grows an average of 1 to 2 sizes in the summer. If she is having an especially difficult day (usually if she eats something that she shouldn’t have), she’ll take a short acting med, otherwise she takes various supplements and engages in activities to help improve executive functioning and bolster neurotransmitters. So far, it’s been working and she has great fun at camp with her friends. She turns 10 in June and was diagnosed at age five.

So for anyone who is considering a med vacations, doing so doesn’t mean gloom and doom.

I like the summer contract idea. For spring break, we took the time to discuss what my daughter would like to do and it turned out well. She was cognizant of what I needed to accomplish and we balanced these needs.

]]> By: Katharine O'Moore-Klopf http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/04/13/striking-a-balance-summer-survival-tips-for-families-managing-adhd/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Katharine O'Moore-Klopf Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:05:30 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=622#comment-163 Excellent post, packed full of good tips. Thank you! Excellent post, packed full of good tips. Thank you!

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