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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 73130" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>Welcome to the group. My son is 7 and also has problems handling frustration. If he is in the middle of a task and asked to switch, he can't change focus. If he is interupted, he gets frustrated and can become pretty out of control. He was diagnosed ADHD, ODD and (I'm still unclear of this diagnosis) organic mood disorder, along with reactive hypoglycemia. All of these DXs were from a psychiatrist a year ago. After a year of medications and just upping the doses and adding more, we'd had our fill. We took him off of medications over the summer and had him re-evaluated by a neuropsychologist. The newest diagnosis is ADHD, autistic traits that may point to aspergers and some learning disabilities. I'm still not sure these diagnosis's are accurate, so now we are trying a new psychiatrist. We've only been in for the "intake" session and have not been diagnosed yet. This is my youngest difficult child, I have two older ones as well. This hasn't been an easy road for us and it definately has taken a long time to get accurate diagnosis's. We're still not sure we have them. My son is currently off medications and having a very hard time in 2nd grade. I wasn't for medications before, but then it hit me one day. I didn't want my younger two difficult children on medications just because their older brother was on them. But what if they truly needed them? Thats what hit me. So now I want them on medications for the DXs that the Dr and I agree on, but on the absolute minimum medication they need. I do not want to raise zombies, I just want them to have the best day and life they can possibly have. Sometimes that means they need daily medications.</p><p></p><p>I absolutely AGREE with you that you want to try other routes first. Have you tried an all natural diet? All organic foods? You would be amazed at how many chemicals they put into our foods to preserve them or to add flavor. I put my youngest difficult child on a doctor ordered diet before school started last year and it made a huge difference. Check out the natural treatments forum on here and see if anyone can give you some good ideas to start with. </p><p></p><p>Again, welcome to the board. Please don't think I'm pushing medications on you. I just wanted to let ya know our experience with this roller coaster we're all on. More board members will be along shortly and offer up some great advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 73130, member: 3837"] Welcome to the group. My son is 7 and also has problems handling frustration. If he is in the middle of a task and asked to switch, he can't change focus. If he is interupted, he gets frustrated and can become pretty out of control. He was diagnosed ADHD, ODD and (I'm still unclear of this diagnosis) organic mood disorder, along with reactive hypoglycemia. All of these DXs were from a psychiatrist a year ago. After a year of medications and just upping the doses and adding more, we'd had our fill. We took him off of medications over the summer and had him re-evaluated by a neuropsychologist. The newest diagnosis is ADHD, autistic traits that may point to aspergers and some learning disabilities. I'm still not sure these diagnosis's are accurate, so now we are trying a new psychiatrist. We've only been in for the "intake" session and have not been diagnosed yet. This is my youngest difficult child, I have two older ones as well. This hasn't been an easy road for us and it definately has taken a long time to get accurate diagnosis's. We're still not sure we have them. My son is currently off medications and having a very hard time in 2nd grade. I wasn't for medications before, but then it hit me one day. I didn't want my younger two difficult children on medications just because their older brother was on them. But what if they truly needed them? Thats what hit me. So now I want them on medications for the DXs that the Dr and I agree on, but on the absolute minimum medication they need. I do not want to raise zombies, I just want them to have the best day and life they can possibly have. Sometimes that means they need daily medications. I absolutely AGREE with you that you want to try other routes first. Have you tried an all natural diet? All organic foods? You would be amazed at how many chemicals they put into our foods to preserve them or to add flavor. I put my youngest difficult child on a doctor ordered diet before school started last year and it made a huge difference. Check out the natural treatments forum on here and see if anyone can give you some good ideas to start with. Again, welcome to the board. Please don't think I'm pushing medications on you. I just wanted to let ya know our experience with this roller coaster we're all on. More board members will be along shortly and offer up some great advice. [/QUOTE]
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