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<blockquote data-quote="Chewsie" data-source="post: 7632" data-attributes="member: 3329"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I have a 7 year old diagnosis'd with ADHD combined type. Trialed Concerta with no luck, increasing doses just made him more angry. He has anger issues, impulsivity to the max. He got suspended on friday for threatenting his classmates in a fit of anger..not acceptable to the school and I can understand. I sent a letter asking for an evaluation. He is having an independent evaluation with a psychologist who specializes in ADHD, ODD and anger issues Wednesday at my expense. I'm just unsure what if anything to do next. If he goes back to school the same issues are going to continue. He doesn't see a psychiatrist until January 12th, the earliest anyone could see him, so he won't get any medications until then. I'm concerned about keeping him out that long but I can't guarantee he is not going to flip out and say "unsafe" things again...he is impulsive and when he gets mad says all kinds of thinge he later doesn't mean. I'm a single parent and I have trouble with authority, meaning I just give in to what they say...so now I have to fight for my son when I'm completely ill-equipped to do so with very limited time due to work. They keep saying over and over he has no cognitive difficulties, and that they believe he is doing all this for attention, aftter they determined it was ADHD, now the school psychologist is saying no, it isn't, he is just doing it for any kind of attention. I don't think that is it. I just don't know if there is anything else I should do related to school right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chewsie, post: 7632, member: 3329"] Hi, I have a 7 year old diagnosis'd with ADHD combined type. Trialed Concerta with no luck, increasing doses just made him more angry. He has anger issues, impulsivity to the max. He got suspended on friday for threatenting his classmates in a fit of anger..not acceptable to the school and I can understand. I sent a letter asking for an evaluation. He is having an independent evaluation with a psychologist who specializes in ADHD, ODD and anger issues Wednesday at my expense. I'm just unsure what if anything to do next. If he goes back to school the same issues are going to continue. He doesn't see a psychiatrist until January 12th, the earliest anyone could see him, so he won't get any medications until then. I'm concerned about keeping him out that long but I can't guarantee he is not going to flip out and say "unsafe" things again...he is impulsive and when he gets mad says all kinds of thinge he later doesn't mean. I'm a single parent and I have trouble with authority, meaning I just give in to what they say...so now I have to fight for my son when I'm completely ill-equipped to do so with very limited time due to work. They keep saying over and over he has no cognitive difficulties, and that they believe he is doing all this for attention, aftter they determined it was ADHD, now the school psychologist is saying no, it isn't, he is just doing it for any kind of attention. I don't think that is it. I just don't know if there is anything else I should do related to school right now. [/QUOTE]
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