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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 184475" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think this is a very common problem for our kids, and I'll tell you why I think it happens. I truly don't think it's just "I want to bug mom. I wake up every day not to listen to her."</p><p>For one thing, your child is on Risperdal. It starves you. I have been on medications since I was 23 and certain medications make it almost impossible not to think about eating and Risperdal is one. Secondly, she obviously has some disorder and is more impulsive and less apt to "get it" than other kids. Are you satisfied that ADHD/ODD is all she has? Who diagnosed her? Any psychiatric disorders on the family tree? Was her early development normal? Since she doesn't seem to be able to learn from her consequences I would wonder if she was on the autism spectrum. She seems pretty socially clueless. Often professionals miss high functioning autism, but it greatly impairs a child's ability to "get it."</p><p>My son is very high functioning, but one thing he still does is sneak food and snacks. I just don't have snacks he likes laying around and give my daughter her snacks to keep in her room. I don't know that it's worth going crazy over the issue--if it were me, I'd just hide them and put one out every day. I think the bigger issue is what is wrong with the child and how can you get her the right help. Obviously, she isn't doing well...her professionals are not helping her. You may want to go for a second opinion. I wish you good luck...and, hard as it is, try to remember your child does these things because she is wired differently than most of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 184475, member: 1550"] I think this is a very common problem for our kids, and I'll tell you why I think it happens. I truly don't think it's just "I want to bug mom. I wake up every day not to listen to her." For one thing, your child is on Risperdal. It starves you. I have been on medications since I was 23 and certain medications make it almost impossible not to think about eating and Risperdal is one. Secondly, she obviously has some disorder and is more impulsive and less apt to "get it" than other kids. Are you satisfied that ADHD/ODD is all she has? Who diagnosed her? Any psychiatric disorders on the family tree? Was her early development normal? Since she doesn't seem to be able to learn from her consequences I would wonder if she was on the autism spectrum. She seems pretty socially clueless. Often professionals miss high functioning autism, but it greatly impairs a child's ability to "get it." My son is very high functioning, but one thing he still does is sneak food and snacks. I just don't have snacks he likes laying around and give my daughter her snacks to keep in her room. I don't know that it's worth going crazy over the issue--if it were me, I'd just hide them and put one out every day. I think the bigger issue is what is wrong with the child and how can you get her the right help. Obviously, she isn't doing well...her professionals are not helping her. You may want to go for a second opinion. I wish you good luck...and, hard as it is, try to remember your child does these things because she is wired differently than most of us. [/QUOTE]
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