thank you. I am looking for a doctor tomorrow. Let me know how your family therapy turns out. I was told by a friend of mine to do the same. Family therapy would help understand how to deal with his behavior. I dont know how to deal with him so i want to make sure I am doing the right thing. He is my little angel. He gets so frustrated with the smallest things. He does not like to sleep alone. it does not help that our bedroom is down stairs and his room is upstairs. He started sleeping in his room alone about 6 months ago. He occasionally ends up in my bed. My husband works nites so I enjoy having him in my bed. Especially lately because he is so emotionally.
thank you for your advice. I will do the same and start some family therapy and have him attend by himself as well.
please keep in touch
i am new at this also...my daughter got diagnosed like 2 weeks ago. Tomorrow we are starting family theropy and later in July she will be going to theropy just herself. The theropist says the family counseling will help me be able to help her like when she gets emotional and other things. The theropy just for her is so she can talk about whatever without me around. You might want to consider doing theropy. Thats my suggestion.
Hi my now 12 year old has had a weight issue with medicine also. His doctor also told me to let him eat when he wants or when he's hungry. He also suggested he have carnation instant breakfast whenever he wants to help gain weight. He also drinks the walmart brand of ensure they are called equate and have two different calories brands. my son drinks the 370 calorie one. Plus my son plays football so now is his crunch time to start gaining weight, before the grueling agilities start. So he will start having frappes, that contain ice cream, whole milk, instant breakfast, and the equate shake. His doctor said this was fine. But for your son have you tried pedi sure? Hope you find what works best!I would definitely try starting therapy - being 'different' can definitely affect your outlook on life. As far as not wanting to sleep alone - well, he's only 7 and maybe he needs a little extra cuddling. Lots of kids I know don't want to sleep alone. My son wouldn't go to sleep by himself until just after he turned 11. If your son is 12 or 13 and still wants to sleep with you, THEN I would get worried nekochan38897.1667824074
I also have a 6 year old boy He was diagnosed ADHD 4 months ago and is on Medidate CD He has lost some weight & has had a big decrease in appetite
To help combat this we have done a few things - the first is to offer him many different healthy foods - seems with the variety he is more likely to eat than if we offer him the same thing day after day - The second thing is to make his food fun - themed foods - Boat sandwiches & things like that - We have also institued a three bite rule (the teachers we great about helping with this - He knew that even if he was not hungry he had to take 3 bites of each lunch item (at his school the hot lunches had 5 items per day - so at least I knew he was getting some food down. Our psychologist also recommended Ensure Shakes (we use the ensure plus - and chocolate ice cream - He loves this & has one every day) Hope this helps
Barbara
I would discuss with your doctor if his behavior of hurting himself ect. is a side effect of meds. What meds is your child on? Definetly check out the med thing to be sure for if it is a side effect it can change and his behavior will improve. My daughter takes Concerta and is off for the summer. As for weight I used Carnation instant breakfast and made her a big breakfast before school and she drank it while eating. Meds waited until afterwards then she would eat dinner aorund 7pm when they were out of her system.hello
my son is 5 and on cocerta and lost weight too and appetite is not where it used to be either.I'm doing the same doc say carnation instant breakfast with whole milk or the pediasure but she said there pretty much one in the same but price is a big difference pediasure is .49 for a six pack at walmart (SHE SUGGESTED HE DRINK 1-2 A DAY) do the math gets $$. if you call the company
1-800-227-5767 Pediasure
they give you 2-.00 coupons a month also i hear you can ask your Dr. to give you a note for you to give to WIC those who have it and you get vouchers .
my son takes multivitamins every day also with his eye q omega 3 ,omega 6 oils pulse for extra protein i give him CLIFF bars for some extra protein they have some made just for kids he loves those this seems to help for him
hope any of this helps!!!
*GL
I am new to this website. My 6 yr old was diagonsed a couple of months ago with ADHD. I noticed the difference while he is on the medication but he has lost alot of weight. I am concerned so I asked my pedi. Didn't give me too much advice but to make sure he ate. Basically let him whatever he wants and when wants. So I always have to make a separate meal from ours every nite. Which is fine, I just want to make sure he eats. The pedi said I could either lower his dosage during the summer or completely take him off the meds adderall xr. He did start eating more but he is very emotionally. I am concerned because when I scold him about something he did wrong. He will either hit himself and say "i am a bad boy and I can't pay attention." the other day he told my husband he wanted to kill himself. This was the last straw so I decided I needed to take him for conseling. Parents with ADHD children what do you recommend? I am so worried about him. This is all new to me so I don't know what to do....My 2 older children never had this problem. Please HELP!! What does someone recommend? I am planning on reading material on this as well..... mominftwtx38896.8186458333