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<blockquote data-quote="MaureeninNJ" data-source="post: 6719" data-attributes="member: 3265"><p>Hi there. I know EXACTLY how you feel and what you are going through. My 5 year old was also diagnosed with ADHD & ODD last May. I have known that there was something wrong since he was 3 but everyone kept telling me "it's just a phase". Don't listen to them if they are telling you that - mother's know their children better than anyone. I am a true believer of that. Anyway, don't lose hope. After spending months with a psychologist and having him placed in a Section 504 program at Kindergarten there has been no significant improvement. If anything the behavior got worse so on the advice of our neurologist we are starting medications tomorrow. We are starting out on the lowest dosage 5 mg of Focalin XR. It's not ideal but I think it will be the best thing not only for him but for my family as well. If I don't at least try I will never know if it can help him. Hang in there. You definitely have friends here who can relate. Good luck and stay in touch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaureeninNJ, post: 6719, member: 3265"] Hi there. I know EXACTLY how you feel and what you are going through. My 5 year old was also diagnosed with ADHD & ODD last May. I have known that there was something wrong since he was 3 but everyone kept telling me "it's just a phase". Don't listen to them if they are telling you that - mother's know their children better than anyone. I am a true believer of that. Anyway, don't lose hope. After spending months with a psychologist and having him placed in a Section 504 program at Kindergarten there has been no significant improvement. If anything the behavior got worse so on the advice of our neurologist we are starting medications tomorrow. We are starting out on the lowest dosage 5 mg of Focalin XR. It's not ideal but I think it will be the best thing not only for him but for my family as well. If I don't at least try I will never know if it can help him. Hang in there. You definitely have friends here who can relate. Good luck and stay in touch. [/QUOTE]
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