I want silence

Good news for Stopwhining, Bad new for everyone else....

I was just diagnosed a few weeks ago at 31yrs old.

My mother loves telling me the story of when I started speaking. She said at 3 I was still not talking at all and she was concerned b/c my sister was speaking single words at 1.5.  She took me to the doctor and he told her not to worry, that when I started speaking I would speak full sentences and it will be hard to get me to stop talking. SHE REMINDS ME OF THIS STORY OFTEN!!!

She loves to tell me that I open my mouth before my eyes..ie I talk a lot first thing in the morning.

My best friend says she knows when i am tired b/c I can't stop talking. I really try but the harder I try the more I think to say.

Also, sorry to tell you, I still repeat my stories, but that is because I can't remember who I told them to and i LOVE telling stories

As far as communicating with my mom as a teenager. She and I are lucky cuz we are best friends and I tell her everything plus I am pretty much a good girl so I have very little to hide. I probably told her a little less as teenager, but that is to be expected

So, sorry folks the talking does not subside with age.

Do you ever find that your ADHD child will not stop talking????  Sometimes my brain hurts from trying to keep up with him.  I feel like my mind is spinning uncontrollably.  Tonight is one of those nights.  He won't quit talking to his sister who is doing homework, and he won't stop talking to me, who just wants him to stop. 

Venting.  Thank you

*Too add to that when they come home full of energy and wants mom to play with her and is running around the house at the same time she is talking a mile a minute.  Yes all have been there.

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I have 3 out of the 4 kids that are talkers.  I do try to listen but OMG do they get on my nerves.  They're talking over each other.....wait for one to take a breath and another one will jump in with their story......."Hey I wasn't finished"........"Your talking too much"......."This is important"........This causes much, much confusion!  My head is ready to pop by the time they're done with the stories about their days.

My ADD ds can be very frustrating because his stories are long and go round and round.  He will end up telling the same story later because he never got around to the original point of his story, this bothers the other kids and they start hollering that he already talked about this.  He did but didn't tell his story to his satisfaction so he's telling it again.  At bedtime his mouth starts running at ninety.  He remembers everything he meant to tell me and it's all VERY important.  I'm convinced that this is a tactic to delay bedtime for as long as he can.  By this time of the night I am ready for complete silence and have absolutely no patience left.  Everybody needs to SHUT-UP....... please!

As much as all the talking gets on my nerves, I try very hard not to tune them out, or tell them to "just shut up for a while",  I'm hoping that when they are teenagers, they still tell me every little thing thats on their mind, because I think thats the time when its really important that we know whats going on in their lives. 

[QUOTE=sheri.m]hey janna, my son's name is dillon also.... and he is also bipolar... can i ask how your son is doing on lithium?  i have been begging the doctors to put my dillon on it but they won't due to his age...[/QUOTE]

Sheri, Dylan has had miraculous results with Lithium. In my opinion, any child dx'ed Bipolar should start with a mood stabilizer FIRST (as also stated in The Bipolar Child). Lithium is the longest standing mood stabilizer with the best success rate around. None of the others can beat it.

Some info:

Lithium needs to hit a theraputic level before it is effective. It usually takes anywhere from 6-8 weeks (very long LOL) to see results. Lithium requires blood draws. 5 days after initial administration, then at the discretion of the pdoc until theraputic level is achieved. For us, we did the first one in 5 days, then 2 weeks, now that he's stable, only every 3-4 months. Theraputic level is between .80 and 1.2 - Dylan's last draw he was 1.16.

It took him the full 8 weeks before we saw results (figures, huh?). The Lithium has completely squashed any and all rages. I haven't seen a temper tantrum or rage since the 2nd week of January this year. It's been really good.

The Lithium did nothing for his hyperactivity and attention problems. So, we chose to add Abilify to help with that. Again, perfect. The mix is a great one.

Some things to keep in mind. Lithium, as all medications, has side effects. There is a side effect of dehydration, so you must keep lots of water around (we haven't had a problem with Dylan with this). More frequent urination. Lithium can increase thyroid levels - this can be checked with the blood draw, though, and my pdoc said it's only a small amount of people - 10 to 20%, that have this problem (yes, Dylan has it LOL, lucky us). There is medication to reduce the thyroid to stay on the Lithium (Synthroid). There is also concern with toxicity, however we haven't had this problem either, and this can be monitored with blood draws as well.

I took the good with the bad. The Lithium, for us, has been our savior.

Hope this helps!

Janna

Rebecca will talk and talk and talk. She started talking very early and hasn't stoped, sometimes I wonder how she can fall asleep at night. She tells me a story, I answer, and not 5 min later she tell me again. I'm always joking and say it hurts her to be quiet. You know how some younger siblings dont't start talking until they're 2 or 3, because the older one talks for them. Not here! Jacob started talking when he was 3, when Rebecca started Kindergarten, before that - he never had a chance to get a word in. And all of a sudden, with Rebecca gone part of the day he just exploded with words, and like his sister, he hasn't stoped.

Sometimes in the evening I feel like screaming "Shut up!" Like crazymama, I fell like my head is spinning, and I can't concentrate on anything I'm trying to do.

UH HUH!

My son is Bipolar, when he is manic, oh my gosh. It's awful. Could drive a person to drink

I really do try to listen and pay attention, but after so long, I just want to say SHUT UP!!! Can't do that though

He's pretty good at being redirected. I'll say "hey Dylan, why don't you see if Jared wants to do xyz with you?" Or, even better, I make him grab a book. If I'm cooking or cleaning in one of the rooms, he'll grab a book, sit down and start reading. The good thing about that is, I don't really HAVE to pay too much attention, and his mouth is running - so it kinda helps.

Hugs,

Janna

Do you ever find that your ADHD child will not stop talking????  Sometimes my brain hurts from trying to keep up with him.  I feel like my mind is spinning uncontrollably.  Tonight is one of those nights.  He won't quit talking to his sister who is doing homework, and he won't stop talking to me, who just wants him to stop. 

Venting.  Thank you