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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 148664" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Stopping in to say hi! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /> Your mommy instinct seems to be telling you that more may be going on than ADHD. Don't know who diagnosis'd her before, but you're going about it the right way, going back to the doctor with your concerns. I would ask for a referral to get a second opinion, and most recommend either a neuropsychologist or a multi-disciplinary evaluation (usually done at hospital, children's mental health) if you can get one. They usually give you the best overall picture of what might be going on with your difficult child. I also recommend the book The Explosive Child, it helped us quite a bit in picking our battles and changing how we interacted with our difficult child.</p><p></p><p>Some other questions - who(psychiatrist, pediatrician)/when/why diagnosed her originally, what medications were tried and how did she react, how was she growing up, how is she at school, how is she with her peers/friends, how does she interact socially, anything in the family history such as bipolar, depression - anything you feel you want to share that might give members some insight and help them give you advice on what they had done in similar situations, and I'm sure there are members who've gone through it too.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is not a morning person, and hates school, so many of our mornings have started like yours. I just hate those, as I think it takes me longer than it does him to get out of the mood. For me, the only thing we can do is just not talk to him, or as few words as possible, it's the only thing that keeps him from getting moody until he's been up at least 1/2 hour. Sorry you had one of those mornings. </p><p></p><p>One other thing that probably could be adding to her acting out is that she's a 12 year old girl. My girl has about 4 years to go, but from observing 6 nieces grow up, 12 is when they start to really get moody from that puberty thing, and don't come out of it until about 16. I'm not looking forward to it, and my girl is a easy child <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /> Maybe some other members with young teen girls can give you advice about that.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the site, hope you find the support and advice you need and even just an ear to vent to when you need it.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/flower.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flower:" title="flower :flower:" data-shortname=":flower:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 148664, member: 1161"] Stopping in to say hi! :bigsmile: Your mommy instinct seems to be telling you that more may be going on than ADHD. Don't know who diagnosis'd her before, but you're going about it the right way, going back to the doctor with your concerns. I would ask for a referral to get a second opinion, and most recommend either a neuropsychologist or a multi-disciplinary evaluation (usually done at hospital, children's mental health) if you can get one. They usually give you the best overall picture of what might be going on with your difficult child. I also recommend the book The Explosive Child, it helped us quite a bit in picking our battles and changing how we interacted with our difficult child. Some other questions - who(psychiatrist, pediatrician)/when/why diagnosed her originally, what medications were tried and how did she react, how was she growing up, how is she at school, how is she with her peers/friends, how does she interact socially, anything in the family history such as bipolar, depression - anything you feel you want to share that might give members some insight and help them give you advice on what they had done in similar situations, and I'm sure there are members who've gone through it too. My difficult child is not a morning person, and hates school, so many of our mornings have started like yours. I just hate those, as I think it takes me longer than it does him to get out of the mood. For me, the only thing we can do is just not talk to him, or as few words as possible, it's the only thing that keeps him from getting moody until he's been up at least 1/2 hour. Sorry you had one of those mornings. One other thing that probably could be adding to her acting out is that she's a 12 year old girl. My girl has about 4 years to go, but from observing 6 nieces grow up, 12 is when they start to really get moody from that puberty thing, and don't come out of it until about 16. I'm not looking forward to it, and my girl is a easy child :knockedout: Maybe some other members with young teen girls can give you advice about that. Welcome to the site, hope you find the support and advice you need and even just an ear to vent to when you need it. :flower: [/QUOTE]
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