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<blockquote data-quote="SmallTownMom" data-source="post: 574208" data-attributes="member: 14555"><p>Hi Jane, </p><p></p><p>My son is 9 and was diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, Turrets and anxiety disorder when he was 7. I was a single mom at the time with little to no support from his bio father. I read what your son does with his manipulation and being contradictory... wow that rings a bell with me. </p><p></p><p>Your son will not be the same or react the same as my son but here are some things that I have discovered. VERY STRICT routines have helped us. In the past I have discovered that if I let him stay up 30 min later then normal to watch a show then to him that is the norm and it should now be allowed every night. He now follows the exact same routine every night (when possible). There are times if we are not at home it will cause huge waves in his world. He is very concrete in his thinking, if the norm is he goes to bed at 8 and has 30 min of calm time in his bed before lights out, then if we come home at 8:30 he still expects that 30 min calm down time. </p><p></p><p>When he is struggling with a problem you can see his wheels turning to try and figure out a solution. For example: Last week my difficult child, easy child and I were going to the mall my easy child had saved up enough money to buy Microsoft point for the family Xbox. My difficult child was excited about all the games HE could get. We stopped him and explained that these were his brothers points, not his and the games that were going to be downloaded were not his choices. He was upset, he started asking questions as to how many point easy child was buying and how many he was using. I could see where this was leading up to.. he assumed that he would be allowed to use the leftover points for himself. I stopped him and explained yet again that these were not his to use... WOW.. MELTDOWN commenced!!! </p><p></p><p>In the past 2 years since his diagnosis I have seem a great improvement with him. Through medication and strict routines we have found a middle ground. He is on Concerta for his ADHD and Clonidine for his ODD. I wish I could say that we maintain that balance but we don't. We struggle daily, there are days that I go to my room an cry because I don't know what else to do... but I tell you those days when we hit that middle ground, those days where he sends me facebook messages saying " I love waking up to see your beautiful face"... wow... those days are amazing.</p><p></p><p>Keep being strong, that middle ground is out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmallTownMom, post: 574208, member: 14555"] Hi Jane, My son is 9 and was diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, Turrets and anxiety disorder when he was 7. I was a single mom at the time with little to no support from his bio father. I read what your son does with his manipulation and being contradictory... wow that rings a bell with me. Your son will not be the same or react the same as my son but here are some things that I have discovered. VERY STRICT routines have helped us. In the past I have discovered that if I let him stay up 30 min later then normal to watch a show then to him that is the norm and it should now be allowed every night. He now follows the exact same routine every night (when possible). There are times if we are not at home it will cause huge waves in his world. He is very concrete in his thinking, if the norm is he goes to bed at 8 and has 30 min of calm time in his bed before lights out, then if we come home at 8:30 he still expects that 30 min calm down time. When he is struggling with a problem you can see his wheels turning to try and figure out a solution. For example: Last week my difficult child, easy child and I were going to the mall my easy child had saved up enough money to buy Microsoft point for the family Xbox. My difficult child was excited about all the games HE could get. We stopped him and explained that these were his brothers points, not his and the games that were going to be downloaded were not his choices. He was upset, he started asking questions as to how many point easy child was buying and how many he was using. I could see where this was leading up to.. he assumed that he would be allowed to use the leftover points for himself. I stopped him and explained yet again that these were not his to use... WOW.. MELTDOWN commenced!!! In the past 2 years since his diagnosis I have seem a great improvement with him. Through medication and strict routines we have found a middle ground. He is on Concerta for his ADHD and Clonidine for his ODD. I wish I could say that we maintain that balance but we don't. We struggle daily, there are days that I go to my room an cry because I don't know what else to do... but I tell you those days when we hit that middle ground, those days where he sends me facebook messages saying " I love waking up to see your beautiful face"... wow... those days are amazing. Keep being strong, that middle ground is out there. [/QUOTE]
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