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Our difficult child is 7. Current diagnosis is ADHD/ADD combined type with Mood Dis not otherwise specified. He takes Seroquel and Prozac and is in a therapeutic school program. Stimulants have never helped, only made things worse. He has always had some anxiety even though earlier doctors said he didn't. Last week difficult child was to go...

Yesterday I had the results from difficult child's neuropsychologist testing. It was very interesting. Basically, difficult child has a pretty low IQ, which is not what I expected to hear. I'd always figured that his struggles in school and home were mostly related to behavior, but it was because he was high intelligence that...

Well, I am not sure where to begin other than I am at a total loss. I am a single mother with 3 children. I have 2 PCs and 1 difficult child. My difficult child is 8 yrs old and is having a very hard time this spring. Not quite sure why this year is any different then the past 7 but, hey what can you do. We go circles...

My 5 year old son had ODD, mood disorder and ADHD. His behavior at school is horrible, rolling on floor, kicking, yelling, hiding under tables, telling the teacher he hates her, the and school. He takes Abilify and Stratera. He is very good at home and plays nicely with the 6 year old...

I haven't finished the parenting process with anyone yet, so perhaps some of you more seasoned folks can tell me how your difficult child's evolved to the point where they take their own medications without being reminded (or is this just a pipe dream of mine)? My oldest difficult child still needs me to give him his first...

So difficult child 2 is on his second day of Seroquel at 200mg (well, second dose at that level was tonight). He seems to have on-going periods during the day where he is quiet and subdued. And then other times he is revved up, acting impulsively, silly, sort of hypomanic I guess you could say. During one...

As everyone knows, I had a daughter who abused meth and ADHD medications were a big part of it. She would put the drugs into a pillcrusher and they'd snort them alone or with other drugs. It was her main drug of choice before she quit. Fast forwards... I have a lovely thirteen year old daughter who is...

Prozac for difficult child II and the Daytrona Patch for difficult child I Thoughts? Tips? Opinions?

Hi I'm Jal, I started on this website under another name around 2005. Fran was a great help in pm'ing me info and links and with helping to aquaint me with-this site. We've done and have been through a lot. Please see sig. For a while I was able to access this site @ home, but that was during...

We're off to see the pediatrician tomorrow for a medication check, and I'm going to lobby hard to try something other than Ritalin for my son. He basically can't stay on any task at all (particularly at school) without some kind of medications at this point, but he becomes a totally evil monster when he's...

Joseph is 9yo and has ADHD. He's on 50mg vyvanse in the morning and .2mg clonidine at night. His teacher called me this morning to set up a meeting between us, the school counselor, and who knows who else. She is very concerned over his behavior. He has been hitting his head on things when he...

When I was starting out on my road to difficult child-ness, I didn't know about the wonderful resource of this site. I now have a friend who will be logging on for the first time later tonight. She has an elementary age son with severe ADHD and a (first) meeting with the school tomorrow. I want to have...

We have a 10 year old who we have been told has ADHD, ADD, ODD, and Bi-polar. I realize there is a lot of helpful information here, but I think truly what I want to do is throw my story out there, more so to rant and just get it off my chest. We are yet to try any dietary changes, we do keep...

Things with difficult child are spiraling downward quickly. I'm really feeling it emotionally today. I can't concentrate on my work because I'm so worried about her and my family. I don't know how we're going to survive this. Things took a turn for the worse on Friday when a classmate called the house...

I am new to this forum, but not new to parenting a difficult child. My son's dad and I began getting help for him when he was 2 and he is now 13. He has had the priviledge of receiving some of the best care in the state of Arizona, which came at a heavy cost to us as we did not have insurance...

Hi Everyone. New here, it's my first post. I am the Mom of a 14 & 3/4 year old son, Tim. I knew Tim had been sneaking out, riding his bike about 5 miles one way to see a 'girl' sometime between 1.00 am - 5.00 am, usually on weekends. I nabbed him coming in the door on a couple of...

Hi, I'm new here thank you for letting me join in. I'm not sure I am putting this in the right part i don't use forums normally but I am in the biggest pickle ever... I will try my hardest to keep this short and sweet and not bore you to death... But I would love some input if you think my...

First of all let me say that I really, really don't want to sound like I am having a pity party for myself. One thing I hate is other people's pity. It makes me feel weak, and I am normally a pretty strong person. Lately I've been having issues with jealousy when it comes to my friends' and...

I believe I read an article on the board recently that mentioned that some ADHDers grow out of ADHD. Just my personal opinion, but I doubt that happens. I suspect that as individuals get older, some are better at honing and adhering to learned coping skills. Reading the following article...

Greetings everyone, I hope someone will respond to this, I am new to your site, and I have been searching endlessly for some help. I have two children, my son is 6 yrold and my daughter is 8 yrold. From Sept. of 2011 till Nov. my daughter was hospitalized 4 times at different institutions. She...