Welcome

Welcome to Primarily Inattentive ADHD

I write a blog because I had inattentive ADHD as a child and because I would like to share what I have learned with people who are currently struggling with ADHD.  I also write for my children, they are my greatest motivation.  Since genetics account for 75% of the symptoms of ADHD, it is likely that my children will have children who are coping with the symptoms of ADHD.   I see this blog as something of an instruction book for them on what worked for me and for them as they were growing up.

I have friends who have children who wake up excited and energized about the thought of going off to school.  My kids are not like that.  Very few children with ADHD are excited about schooling.  From the day my eldest son started Kindergarten I realized that my sons would dislike school for the very reasons that I disliked school and I vowed to make their school experience a more positive one.

My biological son is inattentive and my adopted son is hyperactive/impulsive. Being at a school that teaches to their strengths is, I believe, half the battle. The other half is making my sons understand that they learn differently than other kids because of their symptoms of ADHD.   

I have spent the majority of my adult working life as a Physician Assistant seeing patients in an Emergency Room.  The Emergency Room is a laboratory for problem solving and I have used the problem solving skills that I have acquired there to thoroughly investigate the biology, genetics, and treatment of ADHD.  

Much of the information in this blog is focused on the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  I feel that I know more about this subtype having dealt first hand with those symptoms.  If you are dealing with Inattentive ADHD and this is your first visit to my site.  I hope that you will take a minute and look around.  There is information here about diet, vitamin supplements, behavioral changes that help ADHD, the gifts of ADHD, alternatives to medication, the best medications, and much more. 

It is my sincere hope that the information that you read here will be useful to you.  If you like what you have read, please pass it along to someone else who might find it interesting.  Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting with us!!


There is a quick primer and overview on Inattentive ADHD at this post: Inattentive ADHD symptoms, causes and treatment.