I have ADHD, and am a girl. My mom has issues with me, but 95%+ of those issues were mainly psychological insecurities of mine resulting from being able to pay attention/remember like I wanted to be able to. And by "issues" I mean my mother had to give me a bit extra reassurance that I wasn't a failure or whatever. I agree that having a loving, responsible parent makes a huge difference. Honestly I'm kinda pissed she refers to her ADHD kid as "special needs". I really don't think it qualifies as that extreme. Sure ADHD sucks, and there are different degrees of it, but as far as mental issues go? It's pretty damn manageable.