Lisa,
difficult child has not had an official evaluation. When she was four I contacted a local hospital about it and they were scheduling about six months out. For some reason I never scheduled. I don't know if I was in denial or what. I think since the psychologist said she couldn't be diagnosed so young, I figured it might be a waste of time at that point. Now I need to get her to a child psychiatrist as a first step. I'll get advice on an evaluation and go from there.
About the medications, I really need to get more educated about them. I'm not anti medications but just want to be informed. I don't even want to tell my husband that the counselor thought difficult child is ADD. The problem is that he does not educate himself about it. Last year I encouraged him to read The Explosive Child and he pretty much refused. He's a smart man. I can't figure it out. He blames it on not being a book reader. I think it's just lazy. So my support system is lacking. He's away a lot with work and when he comes home he's the good daddy while I'm home all the time and the evil mommy. I feel like anything I attempt is completely undone when he gets home. Some days I just think, is this ever going to stop??? Are we ever going to have some sense of normalcy in our lives? I am, in general, so overwhelmed all of the time. I can't seem to get past it.
