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<blockquote data-quote="WearyWoman" data-source="post: 398099"><p>gcvmom - I agree that the Concerta is not working well for all of JT's issues. He has grown tremendously over the past few years, and we haven't changed his dosage. Maybe we need to increase it. We had been using his school performance as a guide, and since he is doing well in school, we haven't thought about changing his medications. But this is another wake-up call.</p><p> </p><p>Janet - I'm glad to hear your son is doing better now in this way. It gives me hope. While JT is very smart academically, he is equally idiodic in others - quite the paradox. JT actually does have an old 80's junker car that he tinkers around with. I do think it's good for him. He has taken every shop class possible through the school because he loves it so much. I don't see a mood disorder going on with him. He is very stable and good natured. We don't have many arguments or problems with him at all. He is happy and well adjusted, except for these periodic crazy things he does. Months may go by without anything happening, and then all of a sudden he's done some dumb thing again - act first, think later.</p><p> </p><p>Pepperidge - It's interesting that you brought up Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). I have read a great deal about it, and I am concerned - for both of my boys, particularly the younger one. JT does not have any physical or intellectual differences. BUT . . . his behavior just doesn't make sense sometimes. I do wonder about it, and you're right that there are very little resources out there - very little knowledge. Everyone wants to label these kids with something familiar, like ODD or autism or sensory integration disorder. But, alcohol is extremely toxic to the developing baby, and the damage it causes is lifelong. No medications have been found to help, as it is a form of brain damage. Talk about depressing!</p><p> </p><p>Susie - Wow about your brother! It sounds like he has been a real challenge for everyone in his life. What is striking is how he consistently fails to consider consequences or take responsibility for his actions. That's how JT is right now, and I do wonder if he'll ever mature out of it.</p><p> </p><p>We have decided that JT will work for minimum wage (net minimum wage, after "taxes", etc.) to repay the damage done. Realistically, he'll need to work 40+ hours to pay for this. We'll have him do un-fun jobs around the house, i.e. cleaning the basement, bathrooms, laundry, vacuuming, etc. These are all things he doesn't like to do. We will also be saying no to him using machines without adult supervision. Someone mentioned about how it is hard to deny their child the privileges that all the other kids seem to have at this age. That's the truth. Chronologically, he's old enough, but developmentally, he's not. He won't be getting his text messaging back any time soon, and neither will he be getting his own vehicle for a while. I'd rather have him mad at us and alive than happy and lost to some accident.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WearyWoman, post: 398099"] gcvmom - I agree that the Concerta is not working well for all of JT's issues. He has grown tremendously over the past few years, and we haven't changed his dosage. Maybe we need to increase it. We had been using his school performance as a guide, and since he is doing well in school, we haven't thought about changing his medications. But this is another wake-up call. Janet - I'm glad to hear your son is doing better now in this way. It gives me hope. While JT is very smart academically, he is equally idiodic in others - quite the paradox. JT actually does have an old 80's junker car that he tinkers around with. I do think it's good for him. He has taken every shop class possible through the school because he loves it so much. I don't see a mood disorder going on with him. He is very stable and good natured. We don't have many arguments or problems with him at all. He is happy and well adjusted, except for these periodic crazy things he does. Months may go by without anything happening, and then all of a sudden he's done some dumb thing again - act first, think later. Pepperidge - It's interesting that you brought up Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). I have read a great deal about it, and I am concerned - for both of my boys, particularly the younger one. JT does not have any physical or intellectual differences. BUT . . . his behavior just doesn't make sense sometimes. I do wonder about it, and you're right that there are very little resources out there - very little knowledge. Everyone wants to label these kids with something familiar, like ODD or autism or sensory integration disorder. But, alcohol is extremely toxic to the developing baby, and the damage it causes is lifelong. No medications have been found to help, as it is a form of brain damage. Talk about depressing! Susie - Wow about your brother! It sounds like he has been a real challenge for everyone in his life. What is striking is how he consistently fails to consider consequences or take responsibility for his actions. That's how JT is right now, and I do wonder if he'll ever mature out of it. We have decided that JT will work for minimum wage (net minimum wage, after "taxes", etc.) to repay the damage done. Realistically, he'll need to work 40+ hours to pay for this. We'll have him do un-fun jobs around the house, i.e. cleaning the basement, bathrooms, laundry, vacuuming, etc. These are all things he doesn't like to do. We will also be saying no to him using machines without adult supervision. Someone mentioned about how it is hard to deny their child the privileges that all the other kids seem to have at this age. That's the truth. Chronologically, he's old enough, but developmentally, he's not. He won't be getting his text messaging back any time soon, and neither will he be getting his own vehicle for a while. I'd rather have him mad at us and alive than happy and lost to some accident. [/QUOTE]
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