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All three of my children are ADD. However my youngest son has severe receptive expressive language disorder which is causing problems. He is very hyper and I retained him in Kindergarten this year however he is still having severe issues. He has a twin that we did not stay back. His IEP...

My oldest son has been going through this phase...(I hope it's a phase)....of being afraid of the weirdest things. He refuses to walk upstairs in our house without someone next to him. He also has started doing similar things at school. He says 'I'm afraid' of all kinds of things. His...

Hello everyone, I am new to your forum, though I have been lurking for a few months now. I stumbled across your wonderful place while looking for support for the situation in which I currently find myself. I have finally gotten to a place where I can not handle this on my own, and thought I...

First of all, let me say hello to everyone!. Long time no see so to speak. Life is busy, crazy but not too bad really. V is still on the spectrum but doing fine, Partner occasionally losing patience with V and Sweet Pea currently being seen and tested for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). 'The university program is giving...

Well hope your mornings went great. Ours... my son got up in the middle of the night and caught us bringing presents out..luckily the ones from Santa weren't there. Back to bed he went. 4/5 hours later hes up got his sis and they started opening presents.... well he was happy smiling and when my...

Since we got back DQ's official diagnosis, I've been doing tons of research on DMDD. I conclude that she is not DMDD. I've read the list of criteria in the DSM-5, and she doesn't fit the bill. Further, the recommended medications for DMDD are stimulant, as it should be treated similar to ADHD. So tell...

Im so gratefull for finding this board, I thought I was the only one out there with these problems. I have problems with-2 of my boys. My 7yr old and my 6yr old. My 6yr old is CLASSIC ADHD (according to his pediatrician.) we have an appointment. to discuss medication on the 7th. He is constantly "going"...never...

I have concerns about my 12 year old stepson. He was assessed by a psychiatrist aged 10 as due to lack of empathy his primary school suspected possible autism. During his session when asked to draw a picture, he drew Freddy Kruger and wrote the nursery rhyme from the same film. Unfortunately...

Hi, I just found this site and I'm slowly working my way through the posts. I can't tell you how happy I am to find others in the same situation as I am! I'm a 50 year old grandmother who has had custody of 4 grandkids for about 5 1/2 years now. Currently a fantastic 16 year old girl, an...

I just loved this part of the article at http://www.addcoach4u.com/doesaddreallyexist.html . If that doesn't work and you're dealing with someone who is strongly denying that ADD exists and claiming that ADD is a not real condition...

I will try to keep this short but will start with a brief background. I was married for 20 years and we have 4 children. Oldest two are sons and youngest two are daughters. My oldest son was a challenge because of several disorders. The main ones being ADD and Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) (Sensory Integration...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I have a 17 year old son who has ruined my life. To type that sounds awful, but its true. And the guilt tears me up for thinking these thoughts, but it doesn't make it any less true. I have raised him as a mostly single mother. He is an only child. His dad has...

My difficult child just turned 9 in January. She started her rages when she was 5. The first time she had a rage, it scared the day lights out of me! I looked in her eyes and she just wasn't there. That rage lasted 3 hours. Her first doctor was a neuro psychiatric who said she was ADHD and potentially bipolar. I...

It has been a long time (over a year ago) that I posted and I am thankful for that as my daughter's ADHD seemed to calm down, until she began 4th grade this year. She is having trouble again focusing but I am posting today for help with Trichotillomania - she is pulling her eyelashes out...

Make a long story short. I remarried a few years ago and husband has a son. Turns out, son has encopresis and has had it pretty much since forever. He's been to 3 docs. Recently a specialist...but my patience is running thin. The soiling continues. SS15 doesn't seem to give a wit and husband gets...

I want to know if anyone else is going through what I am going through and if so if anyone has any advice as i am lost. I apologize in advance for the grammar and spelling as it's the least of my concerns. I'm a 28 year old single mother with 3 kids. My kids are 6, 7 and 8. 2 years ago my...

My son is so angry. He refuses to discuss his feelings leaving all family members wondering what they did to set him off. The littlest thing can trigger his anger! He yells and screams and calls us names. He breaks stuff and puts holes in his wall. He has come a long way from where he was a year...

I also belong to a French forum for parents of children with ADHD. Whereas prescribing stimulants for ADHD (Ritalin and Concerta are the only stimulants available here) is generally very poorly viewed, with a lot of hostility to it, these parents largely seem enormously in favour of stimulants...

So as I delve into the intense book “The Explosive Child” I find myself wondering if I have more then one explosive child. Is my easy child really a mild mannered difficult child? Have I been parenting him in a way that does not benefit him? My fiancé and I had gone to get his kids an hour away, when we leave we...

First I should tell you about myself. I am 32 single mom. I have 3 children. My middle child was always unusual. She is extremely bright, she taught herself how to read and basic math by the time she was 4. She scores of the charts. Since she was a baby she is very scheduled, setting a...