A mom can't forgive her husband after their infant's stroller almost rolled into a high-traffic road while under his supervision. Instead of taking responsibility for his inattentiveness, this dad blamed his ADHD.
Comedian Michele Traina shares the story of how she learned to utilize her previously undiagnosed ADHD to turn the chaos of parenting and dating after divorce into comedy.
When a child is diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), many parents begin to look at their own emotions and behaviour with new eyes. Might they also have ADHD, as yet unrecognized? After all, it can run in families. "For a lot of adults, an ADHD diagnosis for their child is the first impetus to be tested themselves," says Dr Matthias Rudolph, a specialist in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. And for good reason, because ADHD is a genetically determined, neurobiol