u/JessieNicole90

So I just started my 5 yr old son who will be 6 in October on Vyvanse. He has severe adhd and I knew it since he was old enough to walk and talk. Honestly, looking back, I probably could have been able to tell from the day he was born. He was always so active since day 1. I didn’t used to really be a huge believer in adhd or medicine because I think it’s over diagnosed and I thought that medicine was the easy way out. I saw too many teens getting diagnosed with it and I thought it was just the parents/doctors way of making an excuse for them not being able to focus because of other childhood issues or issues at home. Well my son made me a huge believer in ADHD. Constantly talking nonstop, running, crashing, jumping into everything and everybody. Never ever ever getting tired. Can’t sit still long enough to eat-even if it’s a piece of cake. I had to fight with him every single time it was time to eat. I had to fight with him to get dressed, brush his teeth, etc. every single day. I tried PCIT therapy-that worked some on the behavioral side. I tried occupational therapy. That didn’t help at all. I tried some supplements that may have possibly helped somewhat but no where near enough. I also have a two year old and a 7 month old now and I hated to have to fuss at my son constantly about things that I know he honestly can’t control like the impulsive behavior. I was afraid that if it keeps up he will eventually develop ODD and I’ve tried everything. Last week he told me that he has a “stiff feeling” inside. Like it’s still and nothing is moving inside of him and that’s what makes him get in trouble. I feel like that was his way of describing what’s going on in his brain. That was enough to make me take him to the doctor. They prescribed him vyvanse 10 mg a day. I started him on it yesterday along with his regular supplements. At first- maybe the first hour he was really angry. I think this was his body adjusting to a feeling that he has never felt before. A few hours later I saw the biggest change that I have EVER seen in him no matter what I tried. He sat down and played with Legos for at least 30 minutes. Before then he had NEVER sat still long enough to play with anything. I never even knew if he had a favorite toy or hobby because it was just constant movement with him. After Legos he sat down and ate- EVERYTHING. I didn’t have to tell him to sit down more than once. I didn’t have to constantly beg him to eat his food and the crazy thing is that they say one of the side effects of the medicine is that they don’t like to eat. For the first time, I didn’t even have to fight about dinner time. He cleaned up all his toys no problem. He even told me that looking at spinning things make him dizzy now. lol. Before, I don’t think he could even get dizzy. He also told me that his “stiff feeling” was gone. He was so excited about it. Then that night when he was laying down in the bed, he told me that he didn’t feel good. He said he felt like he’s not him. That broke my heart, especially after the good day I thought we had. I thought about it and told myself maybe it’s just because he’s never felt like this before. This is a big change for a 5 year old who has a hard time expressing how he feels. He went to sleep shortly after and I decided to give it another go today. Today we had a 3-4 pm meltdown but other than that everything has been great once again. I keep asking him how he’s feeling and if he likes the medicine and he’s telling me that he does. I’m praying that he will continue to improve while still being himself at the same time. I haven’t seen any of the “zombie like behavior” although it is a big change. I feel like he’s going to finally be able to enjoy being a kid without having his friends call him crazy anymore and without me having to fuss at him for simple things that he really just couldn’t control.

I will update this post once he’s been on it a little longer. I just wanted to give people our experience, especially those who are afraid to give medicine a try like I was. Everybody is different and everyone’s situation is different but please please don’t rule out medicine if you’ve tried every other option.

What We Saw on That Louisiana Road — May 31, 2016

**Posted to share our experience. Two witnesses. Still unexplained.**

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I’ve carried this story for 10 years and never written it down until now. Me and my friend have talked about it between ourselves but never shared it publicly. After all this time I still can’t explain what we saw, and I want to know if anyone else has experienced something similar on this road or anywhere else.

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## The Night

It was **May 31, 2016**, somewhere in central Louisiana. We had come off **Interstate 20** and were heading south toward **Alexandria** on what I believe was **US-167**, somewhere in the **Winn or Grant Parish** area. It was **dusk — just going on dark**, maybe around 7:30 to 8:30 PM. Late May in Louisiana so the sun was just going down.

We turned off the main road onto a long, isolated country road. Dense pine trees on both sides. No lights. No other cars. The kind of road where you feel completely alone.

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## What We Saw

That’s when it happened.

A **figure** appeared in the road ahead of us. It was **completely black** — not dark, not shadowed, but *solid black*. Human shaped. It walked deliberately from the middle of the road toward the tree line and disappeared into the woods.

I was so shocked by what I saw that I couldn’t process anything else in that moment. But my friend — who was driving — saw something I missed entirely. **Next to the figure was a dead deer.**

We both saw it. At the same time. Neither of us could explain it.

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## What Happened After

We got into a **car accident later that night**.

My friend was driving with no seatbelt. He **flew out of the car**. By every reasonable measure he should not have walked away from that. But he did. We both ended up in the hospital.

Here is the part I still think about the most.

While I was in the hospital — half asleep, half awake — I heard **his voice in the room with me**. It said clearly: *“Just pray for me. Pray my spirit will go to heaven.”*

I asked the staff. He was down the hall. There was no way I could have physically heard him.

Later I found out he had been in a coma

He survived. We both did.

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## What I Believe

I believe what we saw was a **warning**. The figure. The dead deer beside it. All of it pointing to what was about to happen that night.

I believe that when he was in that coma — close enough to death that his spirit may have partially left his body — he reached out to me. And I heard him because we are both deeply spiritual people and I was in a state where I could receive it.

We are both still alive. Against the odds of that night, we are both still here.

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## What I Want to Know

- Has anyone seen a **black shadow figure crossing a road** in central Louisiana — specifically on **US-167 between Ruston and Alexandria**, anywhere through **Winn or Grant Parish**?
- Has anyone experienced a **bad event following a shadow person sighting** — especially the same day?
- Has anyone **heard the voice of someone** who was unconscious or in a coma while you were nearby?

This is a real account. Two real witnesses. One night we will never forget.

If you’ve had something similar I want to hear it.

So about 10 years ago, I had an incident where one morning I was woken up by a grey spirit. I saw a white screen with black symbols flashing really quickly (I have no clue what any of them were) I was scared so I said Jesus three times. The spirit told me in a Scottish-Irish accent “when you say those words the spirit guide will leave, I was just letting you know we were here” The day before I had contacted someone who practices magic/roots for a friend of mine who was incarcerated at the time. I used to have pretty frequent “sleep paralysis” back then and I was also much more “spiritually sensitive” than I am now. Can anyone explain this experience to me and how I could connect with my spirit guide safely?