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HI. I'm new here and desparate for some relief. I have a 12yr old daughter with ADD/ODD. Up until a couple of years ago I was a single parent fighting off grandparents and a school system who treated me like an abusive/neglective parent. Mind you my daughter certainly provided plenty of...

Well, I think no matter what Mr. sp. ed. admin says, this medication IS affecting difficult child in a dramatic way. After school just before Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) worker came I found more cigarette butts in a bag and he tried to say they had been there a long time. I reminded him he had just gotten the bag two days ago so no...

We have a nightmare going on at school because we were tricked into signing an IEP last year that dismisses my daughter N. from Special Education. They told us she could just go back to Special Education anytime if she had problems...hahaha. Now they're saying "Well, you signed her out of it so it will take a...

I'm lost and so depressed. I thought we battled the demons and came out ahead. It was all a dream. History 17 year old son, adhd, oppisitional defiant alll adhd medications failed and progressively getting worse. Last year at this time, as a junior, punching wholes in walls, flunking school not going...

I am always fighting with my son. He is ADHD/ODD and I am Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), so we just don't get on well. I am on medications because it really does help my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but my husband is against medications for my son even though I'm the one that deals with him 23 out of 24 hours - and he's HYPER and WILD and IMPULSIVE and...

difficult child has been unbearable lately. We seem to go in cycles of managable to horrible. Some weeks good, some awful. This past week we are in crisis again. Every little thing sets him off in a rage of anger, hate and aggression. I don't understand why. He says no one in this family loves him, we treat...

Just an update on my difficult child's prolactin levels. We were referred to an endocrinologist for an MRI because of high prolactin levels. The doctor stated that he thought it was medication related and did not warrant an MRI at this time. Good News. Yeah. He is to have more blood work done in a...

So both difficult child's have appts with psychiatrist today. I am just not sure what to tell her as to how they are doing, being as I have not been doing so well myself. difficult child son got in a fight 2 weeks ago at school, but really has not been doing too badly. I am concerned as the school psychiatric who did some...

Hello all! I am glad to find this group. I am new here and have been reading through the threads and I feel as if I am walking in to meet my biological family after having been in an adopted for my entire life. This journey of motherhood for me has not been without its excitement. Really its...

I know I caused some of this...my reactions of course reinforce some of the behavior but it is so hard to not react negatively to being hit or called names. He doesn't have concerta on board yet or the clonidine extra morning tab dose (he has the patches on and they were bumped up). Every...

First of all, I searched all over the net for a messageboard where I could get some good advice on this situation, and am very happy I stumbled across your board, as it seems like a really great place to post and get advice. So here goes. Im a single mother of a just 15 year old son, freshman...

difficult child (age 7-1/2) has been out of control since late October, when his Concerta finally wore out its welcome. We slowly began to tailspin into full-on chaos. He began lashing out physically first at other children, then at adults (which still hasn't stopped). We ordered the video and book for...

I feel like I only come here when I'm in crisis. Apologies for that. Maybe one day I'll have my stuff together enough to give advice rather than plead for it. difficult child started Lexapro a week ago because of anxiety-ish symptoms. His dr. gave us a sample months ago because of his anxiety reaction any time...

Only because we had a family vacation planned, and I had to spend so much time with-him when he was sick, grumpy, and undermedicated, I thought we would kill one another yesterday. So I am enjoying a kid- and husband-free evening at home! Woo hoo! Thiis is what the dr ordered. Except I caught difficult child's...

Good morning! I'm overwelmed and confused. My difficult child has an adhd diagnosis. but it's definetly more than that. I'm waiting to get him in to see neuropsychologist.(he's on a waiting list) Been doing alot of research. difficult child has symptoms of every mental illness and disorder out there. the has aspie traits (many) and...

H is our 5 y.o easy child. She had wanted to talk to the therapist about how to deal with difficult child (aka E). So we go. and the therapist goes over all the options she can do when E makes her mad. All of which were options we had already talked about at home that don't work (E follows you when you're mad...

Just when you think things are getting better... then the proverbial $h!t hits the fan. Last night easy child and difficult child asked to watch a movie. It was already 9pm but we said one movie, if it was about 1.5 hours long. I noticed the light on in the bedroom and confronted them that the movie should have...

Hi, I'm a New member in desperate hopes to find other Moms dealing with Bipolar and ODD, ADHD children. My 12 year old is Bipolar/ ODD and ADHD. My 16 year old is Autistic. I feel like I need to be a Split personality to parent the 2 of them because they are in Need of 2 different parenting...

I did a bad thing. I decided to try the summer with no medications on board. DS is 12 and hasn't had a change in medications, other then the addition of Abilify about 5 months ago, in the last three years. I thought I'd regret it terribly, would have to slowly ramp up the dosages to where they were again and...

Well, for all the threats they said he was giving them, the whole thing was pretty typical difficult child. The followed my request and didn't tell him I was there while I was finishing all the paperwork and they were packing him (he came home with scrubs and three blankets, they blankets have tags on them...