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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 412725" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Welcom Sarah0224,</p><p></p><p>I too agree with not having the pediatrician prescribing medications. I have an 8 year old who started having problems around 3 years of age. I won't go into my whole story because it is very long but the actions you describe are just like my son before medications and during. We went the neuropsychologist route, psychiatrists, tdocs, 1 hospitalization, evaluations by major children's hospitals, blood tests, MRI's you name it. He went through 5 dayscares and I lost a job of 9 years because of his behavior. Any stimulant that was prescribed by his psychiatrist's sent him off the wall. It is possible that A) stims do not agree with him and B) that it is something more than ADHD. I would suggest that you seek out a neuropsychologist evaluation indepentently to see if something else is not the issue. If he his having trouble in school and it is interfering with his learning or his peers learning then it may be time to request an evaluation to see if accomodations can be put in place under an IEP. Meanwhile does your town offer Child and Family services? You may be able to get in home wrap around supports to offer you skills/tips/tricks to manage him better. We took advantage of this around the age of 6.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child has been diagnosis'd with ADHD and mood-not otherwise specified. We have finally found that Intuniv (which is not a stimulant, but recommended for ADHD) has made a huge world of difference for focus and concentration.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 412725, member: 3477"] Welcom Sarah0224, I too agree with not having the pediatrician prescribing medications. I have an 8 year old who started having problems around 3 years of age. I won't go into my whole story because it is very long but the actions you describe are just like my son before medications and during. We went the neuropsychologist route, psychiatrists, tdocs, 1 hospitalization, evaluations by major children's hospitals, blood tests, MRI's you name it. He went through 5 dayscares and I lost a job of 9 years because of his behavior. Any stimulant that was prescribed by his psychiatrist's sent him off the wall. It is possible that A) stims do not agree with him and B) that it is something more than ADHD. I would suggest that you seek out a neuropsychologist evaluation indepentently to see if something else is not the issue. If he his having trouble in school and it is interfering with his learning or his peers learning then it may be time to request an evaluation to see if accomodations can be put in place under an IEP. Meanwhile does your town offer Child and Family services? You may be able to get in home wrap around supports to offer you skills/tips/tricks to manage him better. We took advantage of this around the age of 6. My difficult child has been diagnosis'd with ADHD and mood-not otherwise specified. We have finally found that Intuniv (which is not a stimulant, but recommended for ADHD) has made a huge world of difference for focus and concentration. Good luck to you. [/QUOTE]
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