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who just doesn't "get" difficult child and does't "get" a 504. This yr, it's the gym teacher. She's a loud jerk. Still, difficult child has to respect her. And he doesn't. He and two other kids skipped her class Monday. He told me when he got home. He also confided in me that he has no motivation to do anything lately...

Hello everyone! I'm new here (still trying to figure out what to put in my sig) and am learning my way around. I have already seen through the posts that there a some wonderfully supportive people here! I have a question about Clonidine. My son was recently prescribed clonidine for ODD. He...

Hi, I've been off the site for a little over a week now. partly because I just could not get it to respond, it just wouldn't load properly ( anyone else experience this?). Secondly, We have had a crazy difficult time, which included my daughter and I fleeing house last Wed. heading to office of...

Hello all. I hate that it's been a while since I've been on here and now I pop in asking for advice. :( I'm at my wits end and I don't know what to do. I'm hoping someone on here will have suggestions. I'm currently waiting for a return call from my son's psychiatrist and in the meantime I'm just...

Hello. I am so glad I found this site because I desperately need some advice. This is going to be long and I do apologize. I have a 12 year old stepson. I have been in his life since he was 9 and we have him every other weekend. My husband told me that he has always had behavior problems, even...

They've been together for a year and 4 months. That's amazing for two difficult children! She spent the night at a friend's house and apparently he was so lonely, he texted or called her too much, and said something stupid and she said she's just had it, and that she didn't feel the same way any more about...

Ok, I didnt want to go to the store with my son because I knew what would happen. All three stores my daughter was perfect, my son at the shoe store DEMANDED a size 6 boot when he is only a size 4 1/2 .. ( well boots can go to 5) and when the sales lady said " these boots are almost as big as...

I am new, and trying to figure out who to survive raising my youngest son. He's been diagnosed with severe ADHD at around 3 years old, but there is something else in addition to that in play. We've tried Play Therapy for 6 months with NO effect- it did not help AT ALL except to show doctors...

We just got back from the PO mtng. They did a drug screen. It was positive for spice. difficult child swears he hasn't done anything. I suggested it may be the drugs already in his system. I gave the PO the psychiatrist's biz card. I am trying to be neutral. I just want to crawl back into bed. Cross your fingers...

difficult child was up again last night. He wrote a note and put it on the bedside table ... said he was up at 4 a.m., couldn't sleep, went downstairs and watched TV and ate. Aaargh! He woke up again around 10 a.m. He was in a good mood today, but pretty hyper. Can't tell if it was the excitement of the...

Well the meltdowns and defiance have returned since we started the Focalin again about three weeks ago. I am so discouraged. After three months of peace and tranquility in my home when difficult child was taking lithium alone we are back to the screaming, meltdowns, blaming everyone for his behavior...

He was extremely agitated yesterday when I picked him up, didn't even want to show me his new video game he had spent a week creating ... then he demanded that he go home and game immediately. I told him no, he's got other things to do and remember, I told you things were going to change. One of...

Hello. It has been a long time since I was here. I need some "expert" advice. I just cannot go this alone anymore. When my 8 yr old difficult child was two he was diagnosed with epilepsy, shortly thereafter that he had a neuropsychologist evaluation and was diagnosed with ODD. He took Trileptal and Risperidal and...

Posting in this forum because my daughter is almost 6, and heading into a more "mature" level of childhood (ha. ideally). Okay - so she made the elite gymnastics team when she just turned 5 - she's amazing, maybe the best and youngest on the team. Ex let her skip when she "had a belly ache", so...

I have been waiting to get a school based meeting for my difficult child since the beginning of school this year. My difficult child has a great teacher and has been doing great at school, a wonderful change from the past two years. My goal was to get an IEP done this year, we had a meeting at the end of last year (his...

Hi there, Just wondering about clonidine for adhd symptoms. My difficult child currently is doing well on Lithium (600mg/day) for mood. Thank G-D, he has been rage free for almost 2 months. Now we are trying to deal with hyperactivity symptoms. We have gone through so many medications it would take forever to...

Hi everyone. I'm Garrison. A stay at home grandma, mom of 2, stepmom of 3, and about to be blessed with grand baby #11. Mr. I(grandson #3) lives with pops and I. We have had him most of his life. He still sees his bio parents regularly. Mr. I. (6 yo.) has been taked off his ADHD medications...

I hope the G.C. is prepared, because it is not going to be pretty. husband is beyond angry. And, as most of you may know, it takes A LOT to even get him involved. The fact that is is now April, the last quarter of the school year, and her teachers have NO IDEA that she has a 504! And, then the...

We met with-him this afternoon and he does not think that what difficult child experienced was from the lithium. He thinks something led up to it. He said that an agitated response from lithium would be more prolonged and ongoing. He also wants us to start using Seroquel as a prn instead of clonidine, and only...

So, I am one of those parents who falls into the extremely hesitant category when it comes to medication. We do fine at home with minimal challenges since The Boy is our only child. His school behavior is still ridiculous. I'm at the point where I feel badly that his aide and teacher have to...