My daughter (10) was diagnosed last school year to have ADD. She is now on Adderal XL. It has made a world of difference. She has always been a great kid. Very understanding of other people's property. She had a problem staying on task. Now after 4 years of not knowing for sure and all the trauma the child and parents go through during these past years has left several emotional scars.
She gets very upset if things do not go the way she had thought they should have gone. I have caught her hitting herself two times so far. And one time she said, "I hate myself." I realize many of us have said this about ourselves.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to help her with these emotional problems? Here is an example of one situation and how I handled it. She was playing with our neighbor next door and she came home upset because her friend was being "bossy" and it hurt her feelings. I do not the extent of this but it does seem to be out of character for the child. I asked my daughter if she told her friend that she had hurt her feelings because she was being bossy? Of course not my daughter did not want to hurt her friend’s feelings. I then lightly pinched my daughter and asked if that hurt. I explained I could not know if I had hurt her if she did not let me know. I also followed it up biblically. Telling her that in the Bible we are told to tell others when they have hurt us so that they make seek forgiveness.
I am really trying to help her understand her emotions. Does anyone out there have any suggestions that have worked for him or her?