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I know I have mentioned this before, so please forgive me for venting about it again. I am just trying to figure out what to do and it helps to talk about it. My son's dr gave him a RX for Risperdal for his moods and to help with his aggression and hitting himself, etc..that was over a week...

I've charted all the stimulants my son has taken for nearly the past 3 years. Here is the pattern I am seeing: At the lowest doses, it is not effective. The next dose up curbs some of the annoying behaviors, but not totally effective in any way (although way better than when he is...

I picked up difficult child from school at 11:30 to get to our 1:30 appointment. (Could have left at 12:00 but with school getting out at 12:15 it would have been impossible to get out of the school jam in time - still didn't miss school because lunch is 11:30 - 12:00.). difficult child said that the 5 mg of...

difficult child can't explain what is going on! I don't know which health professional to start with because difficult child cannot really put into words what is happening. It started with him going to the nurses' office for headache medicine. The nurse called and said he has visited there daily since last Friday...

Ok, difficult child's primary dr said that the Focalin or Adderall is probably not the cause of his bedwetting and accidents at school. I just got a message from his psychiatrist that said bedwetting and accidents can be a side effect of stimulants. I'm confused! :frowny: Although, he has been wetting the bed since...

AAARRGGH! He did it again. I got a call from the fraud prevention dept at Chase, to ask if I had authorized charges for XBox Live. :grrr: I told the employee that I do not use it, but my son may have. He suggested I use another ph to call my son, (who was at a friend's house), which I did. difficult child...

difficult child has his quarterly medication check on Thursday (BiPolar (BP), height, weight, side effects, etc.) He has been taking Concerta for over a year now and just recently he has complained that his stomach is really bothering him "because of my medicine" Anyhow, we have tried Strattera and Intuniv. No luck...

Hello everyone. Found this site from Google. My son is 4 1/2 and has been newly diagnosed with ODD. He yells, screams, hits, kicks, lies, and deliberately does things that are against the rules. I don't know what to do anymore. We're currently in therapy (MSW #2 now...) and we don't seem to be...

I don't even know if I spelled it right. But I did read about it, I looked up so many medication's I hope I can remember. Seems as if most ADHD medications have "anxiety, agitation" as a side effect. That worries me since that is always present. difficult child and I wanted to address the anxiety first. But that...

Last November when my then 7 yo was originally diagnosis'd with ADHD I was also going to push to have him tested for Auditory Processing issues. The school acted as though they had no idea what I was talking about and literally left it in my hands to deal with. Since being on medications last November his...

This is my first post, but I've been reading posts and gotten alot of ideas and insight into my difficult child. difficult child is on .5 mg of risperdal twice a day and 1mg of Tenex at night. The risperdal has been a god send.. Wonderful results.. but her weight is getting out of control. She's gained 20 pounds...

I am new to this site and am not really sure what to do with my 6 year old son. He is ADHD and has ODD. I am at my wits end. I had recently had him on Adderall. Thats where everything went down hill. Actually, since I started him on the medications it has been going down hill. His ODD didnt start...

Carson (my ADHD wonder boy) is 9. Was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 4. Dad and I have joint custody of him and his two youngest siblings (our oldest is on her own and having her own awful problems). I have them part of the week, he has them the other part). Last year, right before school...

difficult child and I saw therapist together. The ADD questionnaire that difficult child had completed last week - and which therapist did, in fact, tell difficult child that I would have to complete it as well - rates difficult child as "classic" ADD. therapist said she scored over the top. She also said that our responses to the questions were very...

OK, here goes. My son is 12. He has always been a challenge. When he was younger he would bang his head when he was mad, fight me before school about getting his clothes on because his "clothes hurt" tags, zippers and the like. Always defiant and never easy. His father moved away 2 years...

I thought Risperdal was supposed to increase appetite and cause weight gain? My difficult child has been on it for about a week now and I haven't seen increase in eating. This is the one side effect I want him to have because the Adderall he's on suppresses his appetite. Do I have to wait longer to see...

And was so close to having to call 911...man, it's like he KNOWS where the line is and he will NOT cross it. It took a lot of people convincing me (once someone TOLD me that was even on option) that it was ok to call 911 if he should become a threat to himself or others..and I finally have told...

My gift from God is 12 adhd, rule out turrettes,bipolar,odd,takes adderall and abilify. She is my 5ththe rest are grown and on thier own. She at times will through things when mad but not often. in daily life however things are wasted broken damagedat an amaZing rate and no amount of time or threats...

I just found this place and I oh so need a place to vent. Some place other then on the cell phone to my poor working hubby while my difficult child beams with pride over the chaos he's caused. I'm just lost on what to do. We don't have health insurance and even when we did difficult child wouldn't take the medications. So I...

My daughter was tested on that computer test for ADD (she isn't hyperactive). She flunked it handily and told the doctor she couldn't concentrate. Just yesterday, she had her three year IEP and the teachers all grinned and told me and hub what a GREAT KID she is and how she has NO attentional...