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I stumbled upon this site recently. I wish I foud it sooner. So our son was diagnosed with Emotional Behavior Disorder, ADD and ODD at 4 years old. He currently take Intuniv in the morning and Guanfacine(Tenex) in the afternoon. As we struggle with severe behavior and anxiety problems and the...

Like I said before there's so many of you here that are dealing with huge issues in comparison to mine, so to those of you that are i'm sorry. I definitely feel humbled and silly for crying about my son's label after reading the majority of the posts here...never the less I still feel sad at...

difficult child in training was diagnosed with ADD. His Dr. prescribed a medication which is normally used for hypertension. He insists that this is where to start with ADD medications, and only if it fails should we consider the more traditional ADD medications like Concerta. Has anyone else herd of...

Jumper has all A's in school now except for her nemesis Geometry and she got a C on her Geometry test and has a C+ as a grade overall. I know the year is young, but she has never started out this well. She told me she is not using her notes much during her tests. Jumper is on not even a high...

Out of desperation this morning, I got on my computer to find a local support group for parents of kids with behavior problems. I didn't expect to find a local group, but did manage to find this one and I think it will bring some relief! :) It can be hard at times, when you don't have many...

Hi! I'm a newbie here. My 17 year old daughter has schizoaffective disorder. She was diagnosed 3 years ago. As long as I can remember, I've thought that she may have add. She can't focus. She always has to have something to do with her hands. She is constantly forgetful, etc.... Does anyone have...

I am looking into alternative options for easy child to help eliviate his ADD symptoms. I am calling his doctor to ask what she thinks about trying Ginkgo Biloba. I have read studies that say it did help. Has any one tried this with their child or yourself?

My son, 12 yrs old, has a history of diagnoses - ADD, ODD, adjustment disorder. I recently read a post on one of the forums. It was from a young man, a schizophrenic, and his line of thinking just stroke me, that is how my son sees things. He is defiant, sometimes violent, preoccupied with...

Hello, Our son is almost 18 and developmentally delayed. He has been diagnosed with ADD. We have never medicated him because we didn't see the need. Now that he is almost 18 (and more like a 12 year old in many ways), I am concerned about his impulsive behavior. He has been called into...

I took all of your advice and looked up executive function disorder, and it seems to go with ADD/ADHD. She has every single deficit except behavioral ones. She is actually very smart about behavior and does think about consequences: "No way will I ever smoke or use drugs. That's stupid...

My son is 13 as of April this year and he is developing a seriously bad attitude, mostly against his stepmom.He will argue with her over the smallest thing, lie to her face, disrespect her in front of others and alone, he's been caught stealing at school, he told my wife he was going to one...

Over the last week and weekend I have done about 20 loads of laundry. Now granted it is the easy child and difficult child’s job to do their own laundry but I had some extra time and I did as much as I could. I did not hang the clothes or put them away, I laid them on the back of a chair and left them on the...

I have kept up with most of you all over the years, but have not had to post issues of my own. Our difficult child has a son that is 10 yrs. old. He is a difficult child thru and thru. I could see it from the beginning, honestly. When he was a toddler, I told his parents there were "issue's" and to watch for them and...

Ok, I hope I'm wrong, but I fear I'm not... Just received V's test results before IEP meeting in a couple days. Here are the tests done: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence III, the Bender Gestalt (visual-motor functioning), ABAS II and BASC and Conners rating scales (Conners...

I have been telling husband for about a year or so that I think it would be a good idea to install security cameras in the house. There have been many times when fights start between the two kids. easy child says that difficult child did something to him. difficult child swears up and down that he's innocent and it was all easy child's...

I've always though my son was adhd or add but never took him to the doctor for it he turned 3 in May and we just relocated to a different state and this new dr seen him once I didn't even mention his behavior he seen and asked quetions then prescribed him ritlin .25mg and clonidine .1mg. Since...

I'm a single mom who has been engaged for the past 2.5 years.... I don't have a job as I just finished college and tonight I made the mistake the will cost me my fiance. In December we had to rehome our 4 cats as my fiance had a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized. Two of the cats...

it is probably typical difficult child/teen behavior, but she actually thinks every thing revolves around her! OK - you guys probably have the same things to deal with. She was gone for a week and came home yesterday. Things were actually pretty good most the day. At dinner time, she yells at easy child, "Why...

Well we finally saw a psychiatrist with difficult child the other day ( we've always seen psychologists or counselors) since we now feel things are so bad with him that we have to try the medication route. After her evaluation she diagnosed difficult child with a mood disorder with some signs of adhd (said he does not fit...

I hope I am posting this in the correct place, and that I completed my 'signature' properly. I found this site while investigating symptoms of ODD and Bipolar in teens. And then I wept with gratitude! My husband and feel as though we've gone a few rounds with a prize fighter after daily episodes...