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5 year old about to be medicated, I think
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<blockquote data-quote="hayden0430" data-source="post: 56135" data-attributes="member: 3858"><p>I am trying so hard to be an advocate. As everyone knows, raising a difficult (or any) child is exhausting so it is so hard to try to keep up with reading, new therapies, etc. I tend to feel so bad for the people that have to "put up" with my son that I am probably not as demanding as I should be.</p><p>I certainly do not think he's autistic. I have found very little in his behavior that would suggest that and neither have any professionals. His language skills developed very early on and his social skills are fine. He is very well liked and his main problems with friends is that he hurts them. This seems to come entirely from his impulsivity and not from a driving need to hurt or because he doesn't know better. He will tell you himself that he doesn't know why he does what he does. He gets angry and responds immediately. Think of the worst day you've head and you want to go home and throw something. Well, he does that after the first worst incident.</p><p>We haven't given him the Focalin this weekend. He was a little spastic yesterday but bearable. I think the body needs a break from these types of drugs since I read they can curb growth.</p><p>The doctor did say he could still take his Clonidine (actually .05 dosing) along with the Focalin but I have read many things that warn against it. Anyone know anything about this?</p><p>I may still end up going with a mood stabilizer. Focalin has helped some but we'll see. Maybe I will double the dose. The doctor said I could try that if there were still some problems. Compared to bipolar, ADD seems so much simpler. I'm sure ADD parents would disagree!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayden0430, post: 56135, member: 3858"] I am trying so hard to be an advocate. As everyone knows, raising a difficult (or any) child is exhausting so it is so hard to try to keep up with reading, new therapies, etc. I tend to feel so bad for the people that have to "put up" with my son that I am probably not as demanding as I should be. I certainly do not think he's autistic. I have found very little in his behavior that would suggest that and neither have any professionals. His language skills developed very early on and his social skills are fine. He is very well liked and his main problems with friends is that he hurts them. This seems to come entirely from his impulsivity and not from a driving need to hurt or because he doesn't know better. He will tell you himself that he doesn't know why he does what he does. He gets angry and responds immediately. Think of the worst day you've head and you want to go home and throw something. Well, he does that after the first worst incident. We haven't given him the Focalin this weekend. He was a little spastic yesterday but bearable. I think the body needs a break from these types of drugs since I read they can curb growth. The doctor did say he could still take his Clonidine (actually .05 dosing) along with the Focalin but I have read many things that warn against it. Anyone know anything about this? I may still end up going with a mood stabilizer. Focalin has helped some but we'll see. Maybe I will double the dose. The doctor said I could try that if there were still some problems. Compared to bipolar, ADD seems so much simpler. I'm sure ADD parents would disagree! [/QUOTE]
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