Hello, I am an 32 year old adult with CAPD. I was always the weird one in my house.  We knew that there was something wrong, but we didn't know exactly.  My grades went down in third grade, and I had every test that was out there, but all came out "negative".  Finally in 10th grade my family and I finally got CAPD diagnosed with help of a social worker.  My mother and father just thought I was lazy and always yelled at me and threatened me to take my favorite things away.  Due to this I have low self confidence.  I never thought I was good at anything.  I get very frustrated because I know what I want to say. but I cannot express it in words.  Others get aggrivated with me because I do not express things correctly.  I have to write everything down because I  can not remember.  I get mad because I  come across as stupid and people treat me as such.  I'm glad that I have found this website because my self esteem is so low that I believe that I am never going to make it and I have tried to commit suicide multiple times.  I am at the point where I think I am useless.  I am on the verge of breaking down and this is really my last hope.

Hi, I so see the stress of CAPD,any stress you dont already have dealing with the problems of CAPD, you get from trying to work the school systems, doctors that don't understand. I have a wonderful 10 year old that has CAPD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and we are learning to cope. We tried public school, and it was terrible. They would not test her, and when I had outside testing she scored Normal IQ of 99 and written IQ of 30. Yep.. the school said either she was retarded and doing very well, I needed to give thanks, or she was normal and needed to pick it up.. Yea.. it got ugly.. I knew too much.. Outside testing again..because they refused to test for CAPD till after 3rd grade.. then the school system sent 3 top dogs to appologize. She is a rare bird. Grace was having chest pains in 2nd grade, then she started having migrains of the EYES, that ment she would go blind in one eye, for a period of time, then the other on another day.. it was stress.. so.. I HOME SCHOOL, best move for my girl. She could not write, some connection in her mind and hand would not pull it together. So we have a typing software she is learning now. I am adopting.. we got her when she was 2, prior to that she had 29 ear infections in 24 months. She did not talk till she was 4 and only in the presence of people she trusted. We put her in PRE-K for social help, she loved it. She loves to play with others, she will make a friend fast, but then she miss understands someones actions and we have a moment. Once she understands she goes back and appologizes to the friend. She does all her school work by computer , video classes on NEOK12 , THEY ROCK, and brainpop, she loves them too. she is learning. We have filed for disablility, for assistance with therapy, she has some kind of muscle problem we have not diagnosised yet, but her joints hurt, her wrist give her a fit. She also with DYSCALCULIA, can not process numbers. AT ALL... but we are working around that too. Life is going ok, but I am looking for support in helping her better understand her problem. I wish we had a local support group, I am going to work on that. One thing I KNOW.. PEOPLE WITH CAPD, may not always sound smart..BUT I KNOW , THEY ARE SMART.. she is awesome. she can solve most any problem, GIVEN TIME..  I am so glad to see adults on here, you can give me insight to her future, and help her avoid problems, or learn from your troubles, to plan on how to handle things. I have been home schooling for 3 years.. she keeps saying how much she loves it..