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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 378941" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>PG,</p><p>I think I agree that the stimulants make the ODD worse in our case too. One of the other options was to try an antidepressant medication, but that scares me. Actually medicating him with stims scares me too. I wish we did not have to depend on medication, but I just don't think we could handle him not being on something. Yes we do have a county mental health facility, but it seems like I checked that out quite awhile back and they didn't take our heath insurance, just medicare or something similar.</p><p></p><p>When he was first diagnosis'd with ADHD, he was primarily hyper/impulsive and it was hard to know for sure about the inattentive part because of his age. I never thought he had the inattentive part, but now I notice things like - he does not appear to listen/hear you when being spoken to, he loses things and forgets things all the time, is disorganized. Mostly he just does things to annoy everyone. He has been in trouble at school so far this year for playing with others, hands on others, playing with his pencil, turning lights on and off. When he is not on medications at all, he constantly licks/sucks on everything - at one time we thought maybe sensory issues - but I think the Occupational Therapist (OT) person at school ruled that out. He was pulled from the class at times during the day to do "heavy work" - pushing, pulling, lifting, moving things. It helps when he is more active. He is extremely smart, high IQ, but his scores were not high enough for the gifted program. Sometimes I wonder if he just didn't understand the format or what he was supposed to do.</p><p></p><p>Shari,</p><p>I think you are right, I just need to tell his doctor like it is. So far I have been nice and accepted her answers - I think it is time I push this.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 378941, member: 3930"] PG, I think I agree that the stimulants make the ODD worse in our case too. One of the other options was to try an antidepressant medication, but that scares me. Actually medicating him with stims scares me too. I wish we did not have to depend on medication, but I just don't think we could handle him not being on something. Yes we do have a county mental health facility, but it seems like I checked that out quite awhile back and they didn't take our heath insurance, just medicare or something similar. When he was first diagnosis'd with ADHD, he was primarily hyper/impulsive and it was hard to know for sure about the inattentive part because of his age. I never thought he had the inattentive part, but now I notice things like - he does not appear to listen/hear you when being spoken to, he loses things and forgets things all the time, is disorganized. Mostly he just does things to annoy everyone. He has been in trouble at school so far this year for playing with others, hands on others, playing with his pencil, turning lights on and off. When he is not on medications at all, he constantly licks/sucks on everything - at one time we thought maybe sensory issues - but I think the Occupational Therapist (OT) person at school ruled that out. He was pulled from the class at times during the day to do "heavy work" - pushing, pulling, lifting, moving things. It helps when he is more active. He is extremely smart, high IQ, but his scores were not high enough for the gifted program. Sometimes I wonder if he just didn't understand the format or what he was supposed to do. Shari, I think you are right, I just need to tell his doctor like it is. So far I have been nice and accepted her answers - I think it is time I push this. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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