jessifrostR
Proud Parent
My daughter is 8 years old and competing her first year on team. I can see her ADHD interfere at practice. I can see she forgets what she is supposed to at stations, and she has a hard time taking multi-step directions/corrections, etc.
We are considering starting her on ADHD meds soon and I am just wondering how it might affect her at gymnastics. I'm really wondering how its going to affect everything in her life honestly. This is hard for me. When she was 6 years old, it was confirmed by her doctor that she has mild ADHD but we decided not to go the medication route because she was still succeeding in school and still very young. Well fast forward two years and she is struggling, poor girl. She is so disorganized, forgetful, distracted. She is so bright but now struggling in school and I can't bear to see her "feel stupid" and not reach her full potential academically.
If there are parents here who has a gymnast with ADHD, can you please share with me how medications affects their gym life? Do they do better or worse medicated? Does it wear off around the time they go to practice? Do the meds have side effects that interfere with practice?
She loves gymnastics so much and I see so much potential in her. She is progressing so quickly despite her struggles wit focus. I just hope this doesn't have to be a barrier to her success in school or gym!
We are considering starting her on ADHD meds soon and I am just wondering how it might affect her at gymnastics. I'm really wondering how its going to affect everything in her life honestly. This is hard for me. When she was 6 years old, it was confirmed by her doctor that she has mild ADHD but we decided not to go the medication route because she was still succeeding in school and still very young. Well fast forward two years and she is struggling, poor girl. She is so disorganized, forgetful, distracted. She is so bright but now struggling in school and I can't bear to see her "feel stupid" and not reach her full potential academically.
If there are parents here who has a gymnast with ADHD, can you please share with me how medications affects their gym life? Do they do better or worse medicated? Does it wear off around the time they go to practice? Do the meds have side effects that interfere with practice?
She loves gymnastics so much and I see so much potential in her. She is progressing so quickly despite her struggles wit focus. I just hope this doesn't have to be a barrier to her success in school or gym!