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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 408475"><p>Welcome to the board.</p><p> </p><p>I know exactly how you feel. My difficult child is 11, alomost 12, and there are days when I would gladly ship him someone. I don't care where. As long as he's anywhere but here. I have felt the same way that you do. This is not what I signed up for. Trying to handle his behavior is exhausting and it does not help when you have people who look at you and say that it's your fault because you don't parent him properly. He does some of the same things your son does. I'm sitting with easy child trying to get him through his homework and difficult child will come into the kitchen, making loud noises abd trying to distract easy child. When I ask him to stop his answer is, "I can be in here." I tell him that yes, he can be in the kitchen but he can't distract easy child from getting him homework done, and BOOM!! We're off! It's one of those afternoons where I would just rather eat nuclear waste than have to parent him.</p><p> </p><p>Is your son currently taking anything to help his ADD? Are there any other underlying factors? Was he always like this, or did it get worse when you and his dad split up? It sounds like there is more going on with him than the ADD. I know that you said he was also diagnosed with ODD, which my son was also diagnosed with, but in our case he also has general anxiety disorder, which was what was driving the ODD behavior. If you can figure out what is driving the defiant behavior, you might be able to calm things down. Is he willing to undergo a thorough evaluation at this point?</p><p> </p><p>Pam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 408475"] Welcome to the board. I know exactly how you feel. My difficult child is 11, alomost 12, and there are days when I would gladly ship him someone. I don't care where. As long as he's anywhere but here. I have felt the same way that you do. This is not what I signed up for. Trying to handle his behavior is exhausting and it does not help when you have people who look at you and say that it's your fault because you don't parent him properly. He does some of the same things your son does. I'm sitting with easy child trying to get him through his homework and difficult child will come into the kitchen, making loud noises abd trying to distract easy child. When I ask him to stop his answer is, "I can be in here." I tell him that yes, he can be in the kitchen but he can't distract easy child from getting him homework done, and BOOM!! We're off! It's one of those afternoons where I would just rather eat nuclear waste than have to parent him. Is your son currently taking anything to help his ADD? Are there any other underlying factors? Was he always like this, or did it get worse when you and his dad split up? It sounds like there is more going on with him than the ADD. I know that you said he was also diagnosed with ODD, which my son was also diagnosed with, but in our case he also has general anxiety disorder, which was what was driving the ODD behavior. If you can figure out what is driving the defiant behavior, you might be able to calm things down. Is he willing to undergo a thorough evaluation at this point? Pam [/QUOTE]
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