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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 52991" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>Bio moms rights were terminated last month. She can appeal, but so far we haven't heard anything, not too much time to go before appeal time is spent. She is very sick, doesn't take medications and self medicates with meth. Her impulse control disorder also gets her into much trouble with the law. If her rights stay terminated, I plan to adopt as soon as I can. </p><p></p><p>difficult child I has been on different medications since 1st grade. difficult child II was just diagnosed with ADHD a year ago and has been on medications since, academically they helped significantly, but he is angry and use to be my pushover. difficult child III, also diagnosed a year ago and on medications since & diet shortly after. The diet seems to help way more than the medications did. He was on medications for not quite a month before starting the diet. The medications on all 3 have been tweaked as far as mg's, but the medications haven't really been changed all that much besides increasing dosage in the last year. difficult child I has been on so many different medications before I was even in the picture, I'm not 100% clear on all he has tried. Adderall was one, I know they wanted him on Concerta, but at that time bio mom didn't agree with any medications or therapy so I don't believe he ever went on it.</p><p></p><p>We've got the books and I plan to read them over the next day or so. I'm at a loss as to how to discipline right now. The PCs never needed much in this area and now I feel like a drill seargent. I want life to be easier on my difficult child's, but I can't condone stealing and lying. Any suggestions before I finish reading the books? Right now they're grounded with no priveledges and are in our sight at all times. I can't believe how little they were out of our sight yesterday and were able to steal in that small amount of time. Just walking to their rooms and back is all it took. Any suggestions for now or should I just leave it as is until I've read both books? This life just seems so depressing and with depression as part of the problem, I feel like we're just making it worse.</p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 52991, member: 3837"] Bio moms rights were terminated last month. She can appeal, but so far we haven't heard anything, not too much time to go before appeal time is spent. She is very sick, doesn't take medications and self medicates with meth. Her impulse control disorder also gets her into much trouble with the law. If her rights stay terminated, I plan to adopt as soon as I can. difficult child I has been on different medications since 1st grade. difficult child II was just diagnosed with ADHD a year ago and has been on medications since, academically they helped significantly, but he is angry and use to be my pushover. difficult child III, also diagnosed a year ago and on medications since & diet shortly after. The diet seems to help way more than the medications did. He was on medications for not quite a month before starting the diet. The medications on all 3 have been tweaked as far as mg's, but the medications haven't really been changed all that much besides increasing dosage in the last year. difficult child I has been on so many different medications before I was even in the picture, I'm not 100% clear on all he has tried. Adderall was one, I know they wanted him on Concerta, but at that time bio mom didn't agree with any medications or therapy so I don't believe he ever went on it. We've got the books and I plan to read them over the next day or so. I'm at a loss as to how to discipline right now. The PCs never needed much in this area and now I feel like a drill seargent. I want life to be easier on my difficult child's, but I can't condone stealing and lying. Any suggestions before I finish reading the books? Right now they're grounded with no priveledges and are in our sight at all times. I can't believe how little they were out of our sight yesterday and were able to steal in that small amount of time. Just walking to their rooms and back is all it took. Any suggestions for now or should I just leave it as is until I've read both books? This life just seems so depressing and with depression as part of the problem, I feel like we're just making it worse. Thanks everyone for your help! [/QUOTE]
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