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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 64376" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>First thing I think of is substance abuse, which can be cleverly concealed by our kids (I had a substance abusing daughter and had no clue). Secondly, it seems he may have been misdiagnosed as he behavior is extreme for ADHD. I think seeing a new Psychiatrist (with the MD) would be a good first step. At this point, he is out-of-control, like my daughter was. I can't stress to you enough how his behavior sounds like substance abuse, even if you don't think he is doing it. My daughter was busted twice for pot, and, although I hated that, I did believe that was all she did--it was the only thing she was ever CAUGHT doing. Now that she is 23 and has been straight for several years, I found out from her that she did EVERYTHING, including using ADHD drugs and snorting them both alone and with cocaine. She even shot up heroin once. She drank like a fish. Now that she is clean, she's like a completely different person! If your son is truly not abusing substances at all, I'd guess he has a serious psychiatric illness-perhaps a mood disorder such as bipolar. He would need different medications from ADHD medications to help that and would have to be willing to take them. It's going that he is being re-evaluated. Good luck! (Is the Rogers you're talking about in Wisconsin?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 64376, member: 1550"] First thing I think of is substance abuse, which can be cleverly concealed by our kids (I had a substance abusing daughter and had no clue). Secondly, it seems he may have been misdiagnosed as he behavior is extreme for ADHD. I think seeing a new Psychiatrist (with the MD) would be a good first step. At this point, he is out-of-control, like my daughter was. I can't stress to you enough how his behavior sounds like substance abuse, even if you don't think he is doing it. My daughter was busted twice for pot, and, although I hated that, I did believe that was all she did--it was the only thing she was ever CAUGHT doing. Now that she is 23 and has been straight for several years, I found out from her that she did EVERYTHING, including using ADHD drugs and snorting them both alone and with cocaine. She even shot up heroin once. She drank like a fish. Now that she is clean, she's like a completely different person! If your son is truly not abusing substances at all, I'd guess he has a serious psychiatric illness-perhaps a mood disorder such as bipolar. He would need different medications from ADHD medications to help that and would have to be willing to take them. It's going that he is being re-evaluated. Good luck! (Is the Rogers you're talking about in Wisconsin?) [/QUOTE]
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