angry 4-yr-old boy | ADHD Information

good morning. I'm new to the board. Our son and his 4-yr-old son are living with us. the mother left them a year ago. We are dealing with a VERY angry (and hyper) little boy. NO ONE will help us. They all say he is too young. He is in trouble EVERY DAY at preschool. He isn't sleeping well.

The reason I came to the ADHD boards - our son was diagnosed with ADHD at age 6. Has been under Dr.'s care and in therapy for the past 22 years. He still deals with a lot of anger.

I know that the little guy is ADHD - but also struggling with a lot of emotional hurt.

We despertly need help.

Nana Katehello nana kate and welcome..... i have a 4 yr old son who was at 1st diagnosed with adhd... but later found out he is Bipolar... i feel for your whole family.... is there anyway you could take your grandson to a childrens hospital in your area? they should be able to help your family... i to have found it hard to find a doctor willing to work with dillon due to his age...good luck and keep us posted..  My son was also four when he started showing signs of ADHD.  He is now 6 (last week).  He also gets very angry/frustrated.  It's hard/sad to watch and wait it out.  His father and I were divorced in February.  Which doesn't make anything easier. He has two brothers.  His older brother (will be 9 in June) has Tourettes Syndrome and ADHD.  This February he started Clonodine and in March he started Ritalin.  What a difference!  He is no longer in trouble at school and does fantastic at school work.  He still gets frustrated.  I found out last month at his ADHD assessment, that he has a full IQ scale of 124.  This means he is really bright.  When young children have a high IQ, they are known to get more frustrated than others their age, they are also immature for their age.  This describes my son well.  I must say the medication has made a world of difference.  He needs now how to learn to socialize.  He easily gets frustrated with his friends in Kindergarten, that's how he was getting in trouble.  But is learning how to handle his frustration in different ways.  It is a slow process.  But as he matures and learns how to socialize, he'll start to get it.  Please get the four-year-old to be assessed and go from there.  I'm glad we did! BarbaraF38850.8101273148

I dont understand?  My daughter is 3 will turn 4 in 3 weeks and just was diagnosed with ADHD.  THe Theropist said under 3 is too young to test.  I dont know who is tell u they are to young...If one refuses then go somewhere else.  I did that.

 

 

Confused in Kansas

I am a parent of a 5 year old (2 days ago), I am seeing out therapist today to discuss medication.  Does anyone have any suggestions on medication that does not have alot of side effects?  this is what scares me the most.  My son is and has been impulsive, hyper and short attention span since he was 3 years old.  He is starting Kindergarten in the fall and I want to try and start treatment now so he has less frustration problems.  He too needs socializtion skill improvements, that's whay he gets in trouble at pre-school.  He just can't seem to control his CONTROL.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello Nana Kate,
We have taken my son off the meds 2 years ago because they are poison. He was a "C" average in school. We decided to do our own thing the natural way and prove these doctors wrong. We put our son (age 14 with ADHD) on liquid vitamins because he can't take pills. We put him on 3 liquid vitamins along with a multi-vitamin, Fish oil (omega3), Body Balance (high anti-oxidants) and OsteproCare (calcium/magnesium) are the . If you are interested in reading more on the Body Balance and the OsteoProCare the website is www.lifeforce.net/20458118. The Fish Oil website is http://www.vitacost.com/CarlsonTheVeryFinestFishOil-500ml. The OsteoProCare will help you child sleep at night because Magnesium makes you sleepy. After putting him on these vitamins, he became an honor roll student. We also make sure he eats right. He does not like meat or chicken too much so we make sure that he gets protein by certain foods. We make sure he has a Zone bar (Costco) every day which is 16 grams of protein, he gets a power shake in the morning before school and 2 eggs at night after dinner around 9:00 for extra protein. It is very important that they eat properly. Vitamins are not the only antidote though, it takes alot of work of the parent as well. The parent must understand that self esteem if the most important factor of a child with ADHD/ADD. If that goes you will have an extremely hard time bringing it back up. Sports, kickboxing and any other active activities are very important in their lives. Sports for the activity, kickboxing for the discipline. My son is a very active soccer player and also takes kickboxing. He does not have alot of friends but these are issues that need to be dealt with as well. If you have any other questions, please email me.