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<blockquote data-quote="alevine76" data-source="post: 131175" data-attributes="member: 4774"><p>Thank you all so much for your responses. I did read the Explosive Child and (what seems like) a million other books when he was first diagnosed. I guess it bears re-reading.</p><p> </p><p>It just feels like a second full-time job trying to keep up with him. I really liked your suggestion of just letting the small stuff go, but when I do this I feel like I am not being a good parent (i.e. teaching him the right way). Do you ever feel this way and how do you cope with your feeling of inadequacy as a parent?</p><p> </p><p>My son is on Adderral and it really helps with his impulsivity to keep him on task, but he still struggles daily. Without the medications it is so much worse!</p><p> </p><p>He constantly struggles with feeling of inadequacy and gets upset when he knows that he has hurt us again, but he just can't stop the behaviors. He does have mood swings, but they are usually revolved around his behavior (i.e. if he is in trouble or not).</p><p> </p><p>He was very much behind his peers for a long time. He is still very immature but seems to be more on target with his peers these days. Since we only have one child at home it is really difficult to gage. He had a lot of trouble making friends and building relationships but we put him in a social skills group for a year and that did wonders.</p><p> </p><p>It may be a good idea to have another evaluation at the school because his needs are so different now that he has 7 different teachers and much more responsibility for himself. His full psychiatric evaluation was done at age 8 and we had two different ones done to make sure. We feel pretty good about his diagnosis, but struggle to find a treatment plan that will work. Like you, we don't care what it's called...we just want help.</p><p> </p><p>It is so nice to find a place where people relate to what I am going through. Thank you for being here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alevine76, post: 131175, member: 4774"] Thank you all so much for your responses. I did read the Explosive Child and (what seems like) a million other books when he was first diagnosed. I guess it bears re-reading. It just feels like a second full-time job trying to keep up with him. I really liked your suggestion of just letting the small stuff go, but when I do this I feel like I am not being a good parent (i.e. teaching him the right way). Do you ever feel this way and how do you cope with your feeling of inadequacy as a parent? My son is on Adderral and it really helps with his impulsivity to keep him on task, but he still struggles daily. Without the medications it is so much worse! He constantly struggles with feeling of inadequacy and gets upset when he knows that he has hurt us again, but he just can't stop the behaviors. He does have mood swings, but they are usually revolved around his behavior (i.e. if he is in trouble or not). He was very much behind his peers for a long time. He is still very immature but seems to be more on target with his peers these days. Since we only have one child at home it is really difficult to gage. He had a lot of trouble making friends and building relationships but we put him in a social skills group for a year and that did wonders. It may be a good idea to have another evaluation at the school because his needs are so different now that he has 7 different teachers and much more responsibility for himself. His full psychiatric evaluation was done at age 8 and we had two different ones done to make sure. We feel pretty good about his diagnosis, but struggle to find a treatment plan that will work. Like you, we don't care what it's called...we just want help. It is so nice to find a place where people relate to what I am going through. Thank you for being here. [/QUOTE]
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