Ty Pennington – Life With ADHD
Oregonian newspaper reporter Kristi Turnquist wrote a great article the other day that can be viewed online. The Title of the article is, Building awareness of ADHD and it features Ty Pennington of “Trading Spaces” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“.
Ty recently appeared in a classroom of Sherwood Middle School for a question and answer session. An unusual spot to find such a busy TV star, even more unusual was how he ended up there in this town of less than 10,000 people.
Cathy Jensen, school psychologist sent an e-mail to Ty back in September was hoping he would at least send an e-mail back to her. Cathy was shocked at Ty’s response, he wanted to visit the school and meet with the students enrolled in the school’s Bridge Program, a classroom of students with mental and behavioral issues such as ADHD.
Ty shared about growing up with ADHD and how his life changed when he found the right treatment that worked for him, in this case Adderall XR.
Here’s a quote from the article:
Standing before the Sherwood Middle School class, Pennington looks much as he does on TV, tall and lean, wearing casual jeans and an outdoorsy jacket. He’s cheerful, even when talking about serious topics. The students listen attentively as Pennington tells them what an out-of-control kid he was. “One day my mom sat down in the hallway and just broke down crying,” he says, “because I was such a handful and a nightmare.”
You can read the complete article at: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1100696131146760.xml
Tags: Adderall, ADHD, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Pennington
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By poegirl, April 17, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
lol
You can tell he’s ADHD
By Sherri Alvarado, May 15, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
I have a daugther she have ADHD and Bisoply, and another one thing I can’t remember so when long time ago was last in 2005. she had out of control by herself about not to commuantion with a parent of me and I had hard time with her take me been 3 yrs and finally she break out of ADHD so she and I learned though about to control and take her time to get better for sreavel months this year so I hope she is doing ok now!
By Bruce Carl, October 10, 2009 @ 1:48 pm
Very interesting article. I was aware that Ty Pennington stated that he was diagnosed with ADHD and is very open about it. I had not heard about him speaking at this elementary school. That is such a classy thing to do. Ty certainly is out to help other people, both with his TV show and personal appearances.