An enquiring mind, but… I think it was after year nine that my school report commented: “Has an enquiring mind. Would do well if she would concentrate”. What this did was to make me try to concentrate harder. What was not understood is that the reason I could not concentrate was because my brain would jump from idea to idea. Parents of ADHD kids often report their “thinking is all over the place”.  Now I understand it as having a brain that has all connecting files open all the time. This can be … [Read more...]

Food sensitivity, ADHD and allergy togetherI certainly loved to have my input into any conversation I was involved in but I don’t think I did many impulsive actions. But I am embarrassed to record one impulsive act when I was about thirteen years old. The builder had light bulbs warming the concrete in the new bathroom overnight and one socket had no globe in it. I touched it with my finger to see if it had power to it and got quite a shock! The positive outcome was that it certainly cured me of … [Read more...]

At age five I started school which I loved. I am told the good sisters who taught me could always tell where I was in the school yard because of my constant talking. I was told I was bossy by a few other children but think it was more because I loved things to be organised than because wanted to be the one in charge. When I was in Grade three I remember that the teacher, Sister J, had me teaching the Grade ones, and I loved it.Where I was interested in something I could be very focused. … [Read more...]

1946 - 1950 I was born in 1946. Every year on my birthday my father reminded me that I had been born the seventh child of the seventh child. He was seventh in a family of 12 and I also was the seventh in a family of 12. It gave me a feeling of containing some old Irish magic but I never quite felt I knew how to use it. The more important memory he told everyone was that I was born in the year of the potato blight, a disease that affected the quality of the potatoes on our farm. What was more … [Read more...]

It took me twenty-seven years to discover that I was food sensitive. And, incredibly, it wasn’t until I was forty and years after I had my two children, that I realised I could actually be diagnosed with ADHD. I had learned that the eczema that troubled me from birth to adulthood, the distractible thinking and noisy behaviour that was noticeable at school, the tummy aches, headaches, and much more that made life more challenging most of the time are all treatable and part of the big picture of … [Read more...]

You should be careful on your low chemical diet. But you can think about foods that would make your diet more pleasant and not produce a bad reaction. As one lady said “Diet is forever!” You are always assessing your diet. Following are ideas collected from food sensitive families who have reported their tolerance of tested foods in my clinical research over many years. Learn how often you can have different foods. many people can tolerate much more than they expect. Think testing foods you like … [Read more...]