5 year old runs to the street | ADHD Information
You might want to look into guanfacine (Tenex). It can be used for behavior issues (imulsivity, defiance) and is not a stimulant. It is used for ADHD, tourettes, mood disorders, bipolar, PDD, etc. It might be worth looking into with the doctor.
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Have you tried supplements? Omegas help with behavior and impulse issues for many things. If the dr gives his ok, it would be worth a shot.Hi......
My son also does the same things. I can't spank him because it does not no good. It just makes him worse. My son was diagnosed in January with ADHD. I just knew something was not right with him. He is 5 yrs. old & my baby. I think we have finally found the right medication for him now. He is taking Metadate ER. We have tried a couple of different meds. & this one seems to really work. I have noticed a big difference in him now for the better. It has been a rough year needless to say.
Have faith it will get better.
me & her dad are aware spanking does no good, we always remind each other not to over beat, so as not to be sorry, i just got a call from her teacher few minutes ago about what she had done again, its a pity i am not sure the ADHD medication will do any good, am seeking for any one to advise if they have gone through this before because experience is the best teacher, i bet neuro do not know the best way to go about this for all she says is hm, i missed her call yesterday, this is sad for a parent :(
Others here may disagree with me but when she runs into the street, paddle her little butt.
I am not into spanking as a rule but when its potentially life threatening, she has to learn fast. I spanked my kids for running into the street and they survived, never got hit by a car and still love me. I decided I would rather have them get a sore bottom from me than to learn that running into the street causes pain by being hit and killed or crippled.
I don't know anything about the meds she is on or her condition pertaining to them but I'm sure someone here has dealt with the same thing. Hang in there and they will show up. 
it's nonsense.
and pure ignorance --- i know some people who live in Botswana who were telling me every time someone is ill or dies and the local doctors are unsure what it is they say "oh it's AIDS".
and by doing so often leave people to die or give them AIDS suppressing drugs when the problem is something else and, what's worse, something completely treatable if only they had bothered to diagnose it right!
i would advise taking her to another doctor and getting another set of tests done. it can't hurt to get a second opinion. and it may well be that the seizures and difficulties there are creating a sort of ADD-type of behaviour but that does not mean she needs ADD meds - because it could actually be that adding ADD medication to an already over-stressed brain will make things worse rather than better.
all the best and good luck.
chjones39029.2353356481Our 7 year old son does the same thing. When he is reacting to something and not thinking.. At one point in the summer I ended up tackling him in our neighbors front yard, as he was running away from something towards the street.. The dr he sees weekly has talked to him and explained how sad everyone would be if he was hit.. He also talked to him about the situations he is in when this happens.. As you stated, it is when he is not thinking at all and can't control him self.. We are working on anger with him.. it is when he gets very mad about something.. and wants to be at home.. We are lucky he has only done this in our neighborhood. We did spank him when he was three and did this.. before we knew.. but, now it would do no good.. and I can see it in his eyes when he does this. He did it two weeks ago when he got off the bus,,, because of something that happened... Does your daughter have a pattern with this?? Nate does...
The neuro says it is
Reason i put m y question here is if any one has had a similar experience and it was regarded as ADHD we want to be sure before giving her another medication, do we see another neuro or another pcp or is there any ADHD specialists, on our own side we belived she may be acting this way because of the side effects of sz medication, you are right when not sure of why what is happening they will want to give it a name, oH
It occurs more after more medication due to episodes, its a pity she s being having episodes since 2 months of age, so it affected speech & understanding everything we are saying, hence warning her that dont do this, or else this happens is like talking to the wind, she does hear when we say it but am not sure to the extent that oh ok i better not do it, we see it as her not acting but medication acting,.we jsut need to know what next to do, fo r her teacher gives reports of hitting others everydaywe are thinking everything she is doing, she is unconscious of it, because she can be sweet one minute and aggressive next minute, this goes worse all the time after series of episodes of seizures and neuro says increase on medication, she has already beaten me this morning
To me a spank to show you mean business is good for you are not beating the child. It sounds like Impulsivity, my daughter has this problem too.i DO not think spanking any child works and before anyone jumps in I have spanked my children and it did them no good what so ever.My son seems to feed off Anger, or spanking.If i spanked him he would scream is that all you have you B***h and would go worse and worse and worse.My son also runs into roads without thinking and if I ground him will climb through windows and off over the back wall.If i spank my child because im annoyed with him and then he gets annoyed with a child at school at hits him who is to blame? The sooner they ban smacking in the uk the better!!!As for the telling a child something is wrong my son is the same he seems to understand what we are saying at the time but will ten minutes later do the exact same thing we told him was dangerous and when asked he cant remember what we even said.These children need strong loving understanding parents ( which im sure you all are) not a good smacking , to me its like asking an epileptic child not to have a fit! I am in no way saying they should get away with murder and its only my opinion but dont smack your child will only breed hate.I will appreciate advise and help because i am no more my very self concerning issues with our 5 year old
She has seizzures due to chromosome issues, however by the time she turned 4 was when we realised some signs of ADHD
The worst situation is not having any boundary, when we are outside playing, she prefers to run away from us and run across the road of our neighbourhood in which a car can drive by any time but we have being saved by God that such never happened
This week her techaer called me saying they went out on fire drill and she did the same thing
She is also having behavioural problems probably we believe due to side effect of phenobarbital & trileptal she is using but we are planning to try diet.
Other odd things going on is yelling at everyone, beating everyone including we parents, teachers and her class mates, we get this report everyday, she brings her tongue out after she tries to get your attention and she points to you
This is not quite making us happy as a parent and to make it worse for those that do not know the meaning of IEP or some parents do have them in my church they feel we are treating her like a baby most especially when we do not allow her to sit by her friends for she may leave them and decide to go meet who ever is in the front
we have being given adderra
any advise please this is really making me mum almost losing it
Thanks