Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
I thought we were supposed to have good days?!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="In_a_Laundry_Bunker" data-source="post: 492426" data-attributes="member: 13472"><p>Oh where to begin! </p><p></p><p>He was diagnosed when he was 6 after a year of me trying to figure out if there was indeed something wrong or if he was a normal 5 year old. The behavior issues started right after he lost a friend of his to cancer. They weren't really close friends as she was in and out of the hospital a lot but it hit him hard and he went from a normal (abeit a little hyper) loving child to this angry, manipulative scary child. I've always thought it had something to do with his loss but that gets ignored every time I bring it up. </p><p></p><p>He had a speech delay and needed tubes put in his ears when he was 5. The doctors thought that might be causing the behavior for awhile. But tubes put in speech corrected the behavior continued so that when they ruled it ADHD and ODD. </p><p></p><p>He's tried Intuniv, Adderall, Risperdone. They all work for a few weeks and then he refuses to take them. He's turning 8 on the 2nd and I've tried to get him to explain to me why he wont take them and he just says they taste bad. Which I don't understand they're all coated. I wonder if its a side effect because my ADD medications dry out my mouth so honestly I don't take them either. LOL. But he just says they taste bad. We took him to a psychiatrist who wanted to do behavior play therapy with him but the cost made it a struggle and then every time we went to an appointment the doctor would tell us she had a family emergency or had accidently scheduled two people at once. I was taking him out of school for the appointments and after three times of going and not seeing her I just gave up really. </p><p></p><p>He had problems in school from time to time but after I found out he was being sent to the prinicpals office daily because of poor handwriting I decided he deserved better then that so I've been homeschooling him this year. He does great during school time which is from 10am-noon. Sometimes his concentration lacks but I can adjust how I'm delivering the lesson to him to get him re-engaged. The ODD rares its head from time to time during school time but not nearly like it does when we're not doing lessons. I thought that meant more structure during the rest of his day but I can't seem to find the right schedule to balance everything I need to do and keep him busy.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day is a nightmare. I can't get him to do anything except watch tv. The witching hour is really when the school bus comes because that means his friends are home. He wants to be gone every minute and will fight to the death if I tell him he can't go. He's in scouts and besides not being able to keep his hands to himself he gets a long fairly well. Of course he has the problem of its never his fault. For example today he was playing the front yard and a kid he says is a bully rode by on a bike. I never heard the kid say a thing to him but I hear him screaming "You're a chicken" at the top of his lungs from the front walk. </p><p></p><p>He loves to start trouble and stir things up. He's constantly hitting us or throwing things at us. He's even come after me with a baseball bat before. Its just scary. When he gets going he's a heck of a lot stronger then I am. His sister will be 4 in Feb. and even she is tired of fighting him. We sat down for dinner tonight and she said "I'm going to sit on this side of the table so my brother can't hit me" That just breaks my heart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In_a_Laundry_Bunker, post: 492426, member: 13472"] Oh where to begin! He was diagnosed when he was 6 after a year of me trying to figure out if there was indeed something wrong or if he was a normal 5 year old. The behavior issues started right after he lost a friend of his to cancer. They weren't really close friends as she was in and out of the hospital a lot but it hit him hard and he went from a normal (abeit a little hyper) loving child to this angry, manipulative scary child. I've always thought it had something to do with his loss but that gets ignored every time I bring it up. He had a speech delay and needed tubes put in his ears when he was 5. The doctors thought that might be causing the behavior for awhile. But tubes put in speech corrected the behavior continued so that when they ruled it ADHD and ODD. He's tried Intuniv, Adderall, Risperdone. They all work for a few weeks and then he refuses to take them. He's turning 8 on the 2nd and I've tried to get him to explain to me why he wont take them and he just says they taste bad. Which I don't understand they're all coated. I wonder if its a side effect because my ADD medications dry out my mouth so honestly I don't take them either. LOL. But he just says they taste bad. We took him to a psychiatrist who wanted to do behavior play therapy with him but the cost made it a struggle and then every time we went to an appointment the doctor would tell us she had a family emergency or had accidently scheduled two people at once. I was taking him out of school for the appointments and after three times of going and not seeing her I just gave up really. He had problems in school from time to time but after I found out he was being sent to the prinicpals office daily because of poor handwriting I decided he deserved better then that so I've been homeschooling him this year. He does great during school time which is from 10am-noon. Sometimes his concentration lacks but I can adjust how I'm delivering the lesson to him to get him re-engaged. The ODD rares its head from time to time during school time but not nearly like it does when we're not doing lessons. I thought that meant more structure during the rest of his day but I can't seem to find the right schedule to balance everything I need to do and keep him busy. The rest of the day is a nightmare. I can't get him to do anything except watch tv. The witching hour is really when the school bus comes because that means his friends are home. He wants to be gone every minute and will fight to the death if I tell him he can't go. He's in scouts and besides not being able to keep his hands to himself he gets a long fairly well. Of course he has the problem of its never his fault. For example today he was playing the front yard and a kid he says is a bully rode by on a bike. I never heard the kid say a thing to him but I hear him screaming "You're a chicken" at the top of his lungs from the front walk. He loves to start trouble and stir things up. He's constantly hitting us or throwing things at us. He's even come after me with a baseball bat before. Its just scary. When he gets going he's a heck of a lot stronger then I am. His sister will be 4 in Feb. and even she is tired of fighting him. We sat down for dinner tonight and she said "I'm going to sit on this side of the table so my brother can't hit me" That just breaks my heart. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
I thought we were supposed to have good days?!
Top