I found this site yesterday after having an absolutely horrible day. My 6 yr old stepson once again jammed something down the toilet. It flooded the upstairs and leaked downstairs and all the way down into the basement. After the 5 hours it took me to clean it up I started looking for some support. I do belong to a wonderful ADHD support site but no ones kid seems as screwed up as mine.
Here's a quick(as quick as it can be but I could write a novel on this kid)overview. I have one son who is 11 and my husband has a 6 yr old who lives with us. He is diagnosis with ADHD,bipolar,Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and an anxiety disorder. We are just starting out on the medication as he had a heart condition that was surgically corrected. We started with Depakote with no results so we are weaning off that and going to try Risperdal. He is violent, aggressive and loves to upset and annoy everyone. He was constantly in trouble at school last year and I know it will be worse this year because now he will be there a full day. However the school refuses to evaluate him, they just like to complain about him. I am working on an advocate. He breaks everything, climbs out of windows, has walked out of school, stolen keys and started cars, opened the door of a moving car, and just constantly annoys and harrasses everyone. He is a master manipulator. It is to the point where we treat him as an infant. He must be supervised even when using the bathroom. He sees his bio. mom on the weekends and has thrown chairs at her,and thrown his 2 yr old half sister off a top bunk. We are all at the end of our rope. My husband knows I cannot take much more, I am the one who is home with him because I had to quit my job because nobody will babysit him. He knows Im ready to walk out if things don't change. Nothing we have tried works. He currently sees a psychiatrist,goes to an Intense Outpatient Program and will be starting a social skills class. I believe now he has alot more contol over his behavior than we thought because he changes the way he acts depending upon who is around. His worst behavior is at his moms, he's pretty out of control for me and anyone else,but acts up around his father much less, but is still very disrespectful to him at times. We've all had it. Sorry for rambling on but Im just so stressed.
Here's a quick(as quick as it can be but I could write a novel on this kid)overview. I have one son who is 11 and my husband has a 6 yr old who lives with us. He is diagnosis with ADHD,bipolar,Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and an anxiety disorder. We are just starting out on the medication as he had a heart condition that was surgically corrected. We started with Depakote with no results so we are weaning off that and going to try Risperdal. He is violent, aggressive and loves to upset and annoy everyone. He was constantly in trouble at school last year and I know it will be worse this year because now he will be there a full day. However the school refuses to evaluate him, they just like to complain about him. I am working on an advocate. He breaks everything, climbs out of windows, has walked out of school, stolen keys and started cars, opened the door of a moving car, and just constantly annoys and harrasses everyone. He is a master manipulator. It is to the point where we treat him as an infant. He must be supervised even when using the bathroom. He sees his bio. mom on the weekends and has thrown chairs at her,and thrown his 2 yr old half sister off a top bunk. We are all at the end of our rope. My husband knows I cannot take much more, I am the one who is home with him because I had to quit my job because nobody will babysit him. He knows Im ready to walk out if things don't change. Nothing we have tried works. He currently sees a psychiatrist,goes to an Intense Outpatient Program and will be starting a social skills class. I believe now he has alot more contol over his behavior than we thought because he changes the way he acts depending upon who is around. His worst behavior is at his moms, he's pretty out of control for me and anyone else,but acts up around his father much less, but is still very disrespectful to him at times. We've all had it. Sorry for rambling on but Im just so stressed.