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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 550234" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Sorry to bring up the "parent" card, but... as an ADHD Mom... are YOU on medications for ADHD and for anxiety? If not, please get help for yourself. I cannot function without my ADHD medications, although I did "just fine" (i.e. mostly fine) when I was single, even through university. As a wife and a parent, life is just too complex to manage without the boost that the medications provide. If you can, please get help for yourself.</p><p></p><p>And then... Given that the first three have dxes of Autism, Aspergers and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified... that's three kids on the spectrum, just different flavors. The other dxes are just attempts to be more detailed... anything on the autism spectrum is a diagnosis that covers all sorts of other dxes... ADHD, for example, is a stand-alone diagnosis, but many kids on the spectrum display these characteristics. Ditto... ODD, anxiety, sensory processing disorder (SPD), etc.</p><p></p><p>As an ADHD mom with a likely-ADHD husband and two definitely ADHD kids (one is ADHD plus an alphabet soup of other dxes but NOT on the autism spectrum)... The ONLY thing that helps me survive mornings is absolute total consistency. The exact same thing for breakfast - 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. The same order for the morning. Who gets up when, who does what chores at breakfast, the order things go on the table, the order lunches get made in, etc. etc. etc. Literally, all it takes is a stray phone call and I'm lost, because my medications haven't kicked in yet. I survive evenings because I'm a night person... so, I'm never in bed before midnight, up at 5:30 (yes, I'm insane). When the kids were younger, I put together school outfits as part of doing laundry. One hanger had a whole outfit. Saved a lot of time picking things out the night before... and yes, we HAD to do that, because the kids can't handle making decisions in the mornings before medications kick in.</p><p></p><p>You don't mention medications... or did I miss something? Anyway... if the middle two are on ADHD medications, then maybe they are getting old enough for an "evening" dose of a fast-acting version? We don't survive without that, either. An ADHD kid who needs medications but is on fast-acting stuff, will have trouble before medications kick in and after medications wear off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 550234, member: 11791"] Sorry to bring up the "parent" card, but... as an ADHD Mom... are YOU on medications for ADHD and for anxiety? If not, please get help for yourself. I cannot function without my ADHD medications, although I did "just fine" (i.e. mostly fine) when I was single, even through university. As a wife and a parent, life is just too complex to manage without the boost that the medications provide. If you can, please get help for yourself. And then... Given that the first three have dxes of Autism, Aspergers and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified... that's three kids on the spectrum, just different flavors. The other dxes are just attempts to be more detailed... anything on the autism spectrum is a diagnosis that covers all sorts of other dxes... ADHD, for example, is a stand-alone diagnosis, but many kids on the spectrum display these characteristics. Ditto... ODD, anxiety, sensory processing disorder (SPD), etc. As an ADHD mom with a likely-ADHD husband and two definitely ADHD kids (one is ADHD plus an alphabet soup of other dxes but NOT on the autism spectrum)... The ONLY thing that helps me survive mornings is absolute total consistency. The exact same thing for breakfast - 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. The same order for the morning. Who gets up when, who does what chores at breakfast, the order things go on the table, the order lunches get made in, etc. etc. etc. Literally, all it takes is a stray phone call and I'm lost, because my medications haven't kicked in yet. I survive evenings because I'm a night person... so, I'm never in bed before midnight, up at 5:30 (yes, I'm insane). When the kids were younger, I put together school outfits as part of doing laundry. One hanger had a whole outfit. Saved a lot of time picking things out the night before... and yes, we HAD to do that, because the kids can't handle making decisions in the mornings before medications kick in. You don't mention medications... or did I miss something? Anyway... if the middle two are on ADHD medications, then maybe they are getting old enough for an "evening" dose of a fast-acting version? We don't survive without that, either. An ADHD kid who needs medications but is on fast-acting stuff, will have trouble before medications kick in and after medications wear off. [/QUOTE]
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