Talked to my mom for the first time tonight about ADHD for like an hour! I didn't tell her that I have it myself but (using the book Delivered from Distraction for reference) I was able to talk through the symptoms and such and talk about which ones we see in my dad. I read her the parts of the book so far (I'm only on page 90) that I really enjoyed the most and we actually had a pleasant conversation!! She was much more accepting then I originally thought she would be for me it was exciting because I never thought I would be able to talk to my mother at all about that! So tonight I'm celebrating a little for this accomplishment and doing a little happy dance maybe eventually I will be able to tell her that I have ADHD and she will accept it

Have any of you had experience telling others you have ADHD? What tactics did you use? Do you have any advice?

Ps I love the book Delivered from Distraction! The people who wrote it are brilliant and so funny! One of my favorite quotes so far is "my thoughts are like butterflies. They are beautiful, but they fly away. (After treatment) now I can put a net around the butterflies"