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<blockquote data-quote="Wishing" data-source="post: 222202" data-attributes="member: 1782"><p>My child has adhd and odd but he usually was not the worst behaved but if something was wrong in a situation he let everyone know it loud and clear.He is not subtle.</p><p> My difficult child son very much liked being with friends and liked sports. I also found that when he was tired out from running,swimming rollerblading it also had a calming effect. For us it meant constantly tweaking medications and trying different things to find that right combination. Mine is now 18 and in a community college. I just tried hard to structure his days ouside of school with a balance of sports,church activities and play dates at home and with the adolescent psychiatrist and the medications that helped. I am also a single parent. My son spent 1 on 1 time with male role models and their friendship is very important to him. He still is very challenging. There are occasional angry outbursts where he breaks things but not everyday. Mine has quit medications and he is more mellow on resperidol but it is not a huge difference.</p><p> Your son is quite young. Can you get him into a soccer league. They really don't expect anything from him and I found the friendships that came of it were invaluable. I mean for the spring. We have a spring and fall soccer leagues. From 5 years old on we were in some athletic activity constantly. It was great for him and I enjoyed watching him participate. There is so much available at that age in the community recreation departments I hope you can take advantage of that. However it would not have worked for us without being on the right medications. You are right about one thing they are challenging and very tiring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wishing, post: 222202, member: 1782"] My child has adhd and odd but he usually was not the worst behaved but if something was wrong in a situation he let everyone know it loud and clear.He is not subtle. My difficult child son very much liked being with friends and liked sports. I also found that when he was tired out from running,swimming rollerblading it also had a calming effect. For us it meant constantly tweaking medications and trying different things to find that right combination. Mine is now 18 and in a community college. I just tried hard to structure his days ouside of school with a balance of sports,church activities and play dates at home and with the adolescent psychiatrist and the medications that helped. I am also a single parent. My son spent 1 on 1 time with male role models and their friendship is very important to him. He still is very challenging. There are occasional angry outbursts where he breaks things but not everyday. Mine has quit medications and he is more mellow on resperidol but it is not a huge difference. Your son is quite young. Can you get him into a soccer league. They really don't expect anything from him and I found the friendships that came of it were invaluable. I mean for the spring. We have a spring and fall soccer leagues. From 5 years old on we were in some athletic activity constantly. It was great for him and I enjoyed watching him participate. There is so much available at that age in the community recreation departments I hope you can take advantage of that. However it would not have worked for us without being on the right medications. You are right about one thing they are challenging and very tiring. [/QUOTE]
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