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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 486383" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>Malika, I hear your frustration too. I think I may have been in your shoes when my difficult child was that age. In fact I probably still am - only 5 years has gone by. </p><p></p><p>I copied the following things from your post because that is EXACTLY how my son started out and was at that age. He is 9 now and I can add depression, poor self esteem, more severe physical/verbal aggression, sucidal talk and more to the list now. We sought help for our son when he was 5 in Kindergarten. We went down the path of "oh he has ADHD and ODD so he needs to take stimulants". We have tried every stimulant there is (not Straterra) and we still have the same problems plus more. If I had to do it over again, I would start with a developemental pediatrican and neuropsychologist evaluation, or Occupational Therapist (OT), or Auditory Processing tests, etc. I am trying to do all that now. I feel badly because we have wasted 5 years on stimulants and I don't think that is the answer. I am not sure we will get answers with this other testing but it can't hurt to try. I think thatever "it" is that makes our difficult child's difficult hasn't been discovered yet. I don't think it is ADHD/ODD. There is so much more to it. I probably wasn't much help but I wanted you to know I completely understand what you are saying and I too want difinitive answers. It's the way my brain works. I don't do well with ambiguity.</p><p></p><p>sensory "fussiness" - to taste, smell, textures, etc. </p><p>hyperactive </p><p>some fine motor skills difficulties </p><p>he moves about all the time</p><p>has temper tantrums</p><p>can't deal with frustration</p><p>gets verbally and sometimes physically, albeit mildly, violent</p><p>doesn't get invited many places and whom I cannot take to social events because it just turns into mayhem</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 486383, member: 3930"] Malika, I hear your frustration too. I think I may have been in your shoes when my difficult child was that age. In fact I probably still am - only 5 years has gone by. I copied the following things from your post because that is EXACTLY how my son started out and was at that age. He is 9 now and I can add depression, poor self esteem, more severe physical/verbal aggression, sucidal talk and more to the list now. We sought help for our son when he was 5 in Kindergarten. We went down the path of "oh he has ADHD and ODD so he needs to take stimulants". We have tried every stimulant there is (not Straterra) and we still have the same problems plus more. If I had to do it over again, I would start with a developemental pediatrican and neuropsychologist evaluation, or Occupational Therapist (OT), or Auditory Processing tests, etc. I am trying to do all that now. I feel badly because we have wasted 5 years on stimulants and I don't think that is the answer. I am not sure we will get answers with this other testing but it can't hurt to try. I think thatever "it" is that makes our difficult child's difficult hasn't been discovered yet. I don't think it is ADHD/ODD. There is so much more to it. I probably wasn't much help but I wanted you to know I completely understand what you are saying and I too want difinitive answers. It's the way my brain works. I don't do well with ambiguity. sensory "fussiness" - to taste, smell, textures, etc. hyperactive some fine motor skills difficulties he moves about all the time has temper tantrums can't deal with frustration gets verbally and sometimes physically, albeit mildly, violent doesn't get invited many places and whom I cannot take to social events because it just turns into mayhem [/QUOTE]
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