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<blockquote data-quote="IT1967" data-source="post: 566198" data-attributes="member: 15615"><p>Thanks everyone for your comments. Things for us are good in the AM, but after school and into the evening up until bedtime is awful. I have had my daughter extensively evaluated by a child psychologist (PhD), whom we continue to see for both kids. My daughter has been determined to be "Gifted" (IQ 130 which counsellor feels would be higher if not for the ADHD and anxiety). The counsellor and psychiatrist feel her diagnosis is ADHD inattentive AND hyperactive with-ODD, plus anxiety. The counsellor doesn't even feel like she can teach my daughter any coping skills until we get her properly medicated. She's just helping us try to keep it together until that point. My son has been diagnosed ADHD by several doctors. (2 peds & counsellor), although he hasn't had all the testing my daughter had. I suspect he is gifted also (maybe even moreso than my daughter) and I have no doubt he has terrible anxiety as well</p><p>. It just feels like it's all unravelling and getting worse than it ever was - which was pretty bad. I have retreated from a lot of contact with-people. I don't want to tell people with-"normal" kids my troubles. They don't get it and I don't want my kids to be alienated by their kids if the parents should let something slip. I'm exhausted and depressed. We do try to get breaks from the kids, but they fight with-eachother soooo badly that we can't even leave them both with-one grandparent. We split them up between our moms, so it's a lot of scheduling just to find time to be kid-free. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I just downloaded "The Explosive Child" onto my Kindle along with-a couple others I saw on the thread with-the book suggestions. I'm just praying that maybe we've bottomed out and can climb out of this - but petrified that we'll never get this under control. I have terrible fears about my daughter getting into bad things as she matures. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> My son at least is into sports, so hopefully he can channel some positive energy from that as the years go on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IT1967, post: 566198, member: 15615"] Thanks everyone for your comments. Things for us are good in the AM, but after school and into the evening up until bedtime is awful. I have had my daughter extensively evaluated by a child psychologist (PhD), whom we continue to see for both kids. My daughter has been determined to be "Gifted" (IQ 130 which counsellor feels would be higher if not for the ADHD and anxiety). The counsellor and psychiatrist feel her diagnosis is ADHD inattentive AND hyperactive with-ODD, plus anxiety. The counsellor doesn't even feel like she can teach my daughter any coping skills until we get her properly medicated. She's just helping us try to keep it together until that point. My son has been diagnosed ADHD by several doctors. (2 peds & counsellor), although he hasn't had all the testing my daughter had. I suspect he is gifted also (maybe even moreso than my daughter) and I have no doubt he has terrible anxiety as well . It just feels like it's all unravelling and getting worse than it ever was - which was pretty bad. I have retreated from a lot of contact with-people. I don't want to tell people with-"normal" kids my troubles. They don't get it and I don't want my kids to be alienated by their kids if the parents should let something slip. I'm exhausted and depressed. We do try to get breaks from the kids, but they fight with-eachother soooo badly that we can't even leave them both with-one grandparent. We split them up between our moms, so it's a lot of scheduling just to find time to be kid-free. :( I just downloaded "The Explosive Child" onto my Kindle along with-a couple others I saw on the thread with-the book suggestions. I'm just praying that maybe we've bottomed out and can climb out of this - but petrified that we'll never get this under control. I have terrible fears about my daughter getting into bad things as she matures. :( My son at least is into sports, so hopefully he can channel some positive energy from that as the years go on. [/QUOTE]
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