Gosh, I have no advise except to encourage you to read other parents experiences.
I just felt bad no one responded (so many new people) so I at least wanted to welcome you. Maybe your husband should look at meds for himself. It may help him to help you. Just a thought.
Welcome.
Adderrall causes aggression in lots of kids, especially those who also have mood disorders. You may want to have him re-evaluated or try another stim. If it happens again, definitely have an eval by a NeuroPsych.It sounds like you need to possibly change meds. Make an appt for him to see his doctor. I am sorry about your husband. Mine is like a clock pendulum-one day everything is the meds fault, the next day the meds are helping. I tend to ignore him as I think he needs meds too, but will not follow through on getting help.Hi and welcome! Is there a particular issue with your son in discipline that you want some feedback on? Are you thinking your son's diagnosis may be incomplete?This is my first time hear and for the first time I know I am not alone.
I have a ten year old son who has adhd. He has been taking adderall for a few years. Overall it has helped him. he has always had a hard time in school. he is smart and he does very well in things he takes interest to. his biggest problem is paying attention in class, talking to much and not respecting teachers.
if anyone can give me any ideas on how to improve this please let me know. my husband also has adhd. he is not on medication, but he isnt much help with our son. he keeps saying he will eventually outgrow a lot of this, but what do i do in the meantime. i feel like i am so alone and at the end of my rope with my son. i dont know how to discipline him anymore and its like he doesnt care about my feelings.
anyone please talk to me
thanks
Welcome aboard. You may wish to read the Alternative Board. You get plenty of sound advice there. Best of luck to you and your family.
MY HUSBAND IS THE UNTREATED PARENT. HE HAD WORSE PROBLEMS THAN OUR SON WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, BUT SEEMS TO HAVE OVERCOME A LOT OF IT. HE STILL HAS SOME ISSUES, BUT NOTHING I CANT LIVE WITH. HE DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. AGAINST THE ODDS HE TURNED OUT FINE AND HAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS BATTLE WITH OUR SON PRETTY MUCH BY MYSELF. EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND HAS ADHD HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR SONS ISSUES.
DID THE CLASSES WORK FOR YOU?
Hi, i'm a new member too. My son is also 10 and has the same issues your son has. He is currently on Dexetrine short acting, because the Adderrall was making him aggressive. While he was on it, he would talk back to his teachers saying "i don't have to do that", "i don't want to"...and so on. He, at one point, would always be sent outside the room because of his disruptive behavior...he wouldn't be learning anything! This is a private school.
Now he's doing a lot better, but he sometimes still gets a little frustrated in the afternoons (lower dose in the pm than the am).
Hang in there...i'm trying to find out if the public school can provide a behavioral modification program...i just posted this question. Maybe i will have more luck in the public school with finding help.
Welcome and I sympathize with you. My husband too is adhd with no meds and not much help with my adhd son. In fact, most of the time he does more harm than good. They are too much a like and don't really get along very well. Good luck..IMac38944.5666435185I have a lady coming next week to start us on the parenting classes.to start with Iwas not too keen as I saw as aquestionning of my parenting but I am ready to give it a shot.I am willing to try everything,we also have appointement with homeopath,see how that go.I also felt alone as here in scotland they do not diagnose so early(my son is 4 next month)but being on this site helped me a lot Hope it does the same for you.GOOD LUCK
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how long has your son been on dexetrine and how is it working for him? we tried several other meds before adderall, but so far this has been the only one to do any good. we havent tried dexetrine yet. i know the teachers are getting tired of him arguing and so am i. thanks