Six good months, and counting | ADHD Information

Hello there,

I'm in Los Angeles and the program my son attended was the Partial-
Hospital Program for Adolescents at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital. It
was an outstanding program that encompassed medication trials, one-on-
one couseling, peer group therapy, psych tests, and attending the on-site
school.

You might check with the major hospitals in your area to see if there is a
similar program.

Good luck. [QUOTE=keelime]
Hello there,

I'm in Los Angeles and the program my son attended was the Partial-
Hospital Program for Adolescents at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital. It
was an outstanding program that encompassed medication trials, one-on-
one couseling, peer group therapy, psych tests, and attending the on-site
school.

You might check with the major hospitals in your area to see if there is a
similar program.

Good luck.[/QUOTE]

Thank you!!!
With all due respect, it is not all about parenting. If you had experienced
the
living hell many of us good, caring, consistant parents have been
through,
you would have a lot more compassion and understanding. And if you
had
read extensively on the subject you wouldn't take such a self-righteous
position.

No loving parent puts his/her child on medication without exhausting all
other avenues including stucture, change of diet, etc.

I wonder how you would explain dramatic differences in behavior with the
introduction of medication and no change in parenting techniques.

keelime39309.8800810185

Awesome news 6 months is gret!!! I love to here good news and raves about how awesome our children are doing with whatever decision we have made ot treat our childrne!!! Again Congrats and hope many more great days follow!!

dcarsen: It looks like the guy whose comments we were responding to has
deleted his post and taken a hike. Just as well.

I read the nasty post in regards to that it is all about the parenting - not too bright!

All you can hope is that they don't have children - the poor children will only suffer!

I also noticed that the post was pulled! Good job!!

Just so we are clear, are you suggesting that parents tha put their child on medication because we are bad parents?

We live in a very structured enviroment, with rules, we have supper at the same time everynight and I have a menu listed on teh chalk board so he knows what to expect. I quit my job last year and began working at his school parttime so I could help him.....I put in the time, effort, money, and have changed my life to fix the behavior. My son knows right from wrong as does all my children.

Sorry if I take offence to your statement.

Hello again,

Just wanted y'all to know that it has now been 16 months since my son went
through the university evaluation program and was put on medication.
Things are still going well. He's now 14 1/2 and ready to enter high school.
I know there will be bumps along the road as the pressure of high school
mounts. I just wanted to give those of you who despair about ever having a
peaceful day, that it can happen. Two years ago I was feeling hopeless. But
not today.

Best to all.

That is wonderful news keelime! No parent wants to go through all that with their children. We want to help and support them, the way you and your family have done.

I wish you well. We are a year away from middle school and I am dreading it.

Is he impulsive with some of his behaviors? I was just going to suggest guanfacine/tenex. My son is pretty good, but is impulsve and this has helped tremendously!

Keep us posted!!

Hi I'm sort of new here....haven't posted in a while, congrats to you all

I would like to know more about the University evaluation program. How can I go about seeing if it is available in my neck of the woods, Milwaukee Wisconsin? Thanks in advance.
Yes. VERY stressful. When you add puberty to the mix it is even more
unpleasant

That's good to hear! It's nice that your family can relax and have some peace now!

And yes steppingstone ODD is no fun. It is awsome to hear something positive for a change to know there is hope. That's great to hear! I'm sure that you are very relieved. I know that having a child with ODD can be very stressful!Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to share some good news here. And give y'all hope.

Six months ago, our 13YO son was so out of control (destructive rages,
failing grades, defiance) that we placed him in the adolescent partial-
hospital program at a world-renown university for evaluation and
treatment. He was treated for 8 weeks. The treatment included
medication trials, observation by a team of specialists, individual and
group therapy. He attended school there as well.

He was diagnosed with ADHD/ODD and eventually placed on Focalin XR
and Risperdal. His rages ceased and his grades returned to As and Bs.
The report card he got when he left the hospital school mentioned that,
"He was a pleasure to have in class and he will be sorely missed." No
teacher would ever have said that in the past. He made them all crazy.
We were advised that he would regress if he returned to his middle
school, because it was too unstructured and over-stimulating for him. So
we placed him in a small, Montessori school, where he continues to do
well. His turnaround over the past six months has been nothing short of
dramatic.

Our stomachs are no longer in knots and we don't jump out of our seats
when the phone rings, thinking that the school is calling with bad news.
However, I should add that he is no angel, and will probably never be an
easy child. But we can live with him now.