Excessive Talking | ADHD Information
My son 6 doesn't have problems with excessive talking but he has some in regard to immature behaviors. He has had tremendous help with a social skills therapy. He has a therapy with a psychologist once a week who is teaching him a lot about acceptable and unacceptable behaviors and I feel my son has taken a step forward in all this. I am sure this therapies will also aid in excessive talking since this is socially unaceptable in many environments.the same son that talks, also chews paper all the time. and my 7 year old that has adhd chews on his shirt :-) im not sure if those are symtoms of ADHD or just habits??[QUOTE=shante1]Thanks for sharing with me. Yesterday, I have ordered "Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents by Barkley". I will let you know if I get anything useful from that book.
In addition to excessive talking my son has habit to put everything in his mouth too.
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Oh my goodness! My son does that too. I can't count the number of times I've told him, "If it's not food, take it out of your mouth!" It never occured to me that that might have anything to do with ADHD.
I wonder if it's a sensory processing issue. I know that (before he got glasses and eye-tracking therapy) he used to wave items wildly back-and-forth in front of his eyes almost constantly. It turns out that he was instinctively creating visual stimuli that he wasn't getting because of poor eyesight, according to his psychologist and his opthalmologist. I wonder what putting stuff in ones mouth means ...
My 13 year old son also talks incessantly. It is mostl didfficult when he is complaining. I know that part of it is the ocd,but eventually it all wears me down.
The good part is that he is also very vocal asking for explanations when he doesn understand something. He is also lavish with compliments.
My son is either talking, singing or just making miscellaneous noise CONSTANTLY!
I know this idea won't make it into any parenting book, but today Grandmom asked him if she could make lots of noise. He said sure! Grandmom went on and on with noise until it drove him nuts. We told him that's what it's like to hear so much noise!
I also drew a pie chart showing his portion of daily talking (huge slice) compared to Mom and Dad's portion (itty-bitty slice). This visual tactic seemed to give him a bit of understanding. I keep the pie chart around for him to refer to when he's just going on and on.
Last year he was into sucking on the top of his shirt too, but he stopped doing that after awhile.
He also wants to touch everything in the store. He always wants to put his arm out of the buggy and let it run across the items on the shelves.
I am about to pull my hair out tonight. My DS who is 6 years old has talked all day non-stop and I am about to scream!!!! It would go something like this:
DS"Mom, do you want waffles for breakfast? I will get your plate for you and the syrup because they are no good without that. Do you want something to drink? Ill get your cup for you, Ill put ice in and then place it on the table for you. Can i watch Nickelodeon while we eat breakfast?" Please keep in mind this entire thing is said in about the space of 10 to 15 seconds, literally. He would NOT stop talking. My mother said it was because his mind was racing and that maybe he needs ned medicine. Any thoughts on that?
Oh wow. I thought I was the only one with a boy who can talk your ear off...
No chewing on things.
Also, my son makes the most ear piercing screams. Out of the blue, you get a scream, or a really loud fake laugh. It's so weird and odd. He does them for no reason.
I often hear my husband saying, Hey buddy, take a break. I guess it's just part of our routine of things.
ok, your post struck a cord as our 6 year old just started doing that too. He will, out of the blue, put out this high pitched scream. We dont know whyAll three of my sons have done that(high pitch screaming outta no where)The doctor said its normal, its just so much energy build up inside. It went away after we got them into more things in our community. Though the non stop talking has not ended and i really don't think it ever will lol. But even when i was a kid(not add or adhd) i would just start laughing outta no where cause i had so much energy built inside.This rings true for us, not sure if this will help youI guess for me I start out Sunday night Monday mornings with such a high hope and try to start with a renewed spirit but as the week goes on the talking really starts to grate on my nerves. When I am away from him he will call me repeatedly to tell me what I consider "petty" things. For instance I bowl on Wednesday (tonight) and he called and left 8 messages on my phone (because it died and I could not answer it). The messages ranged from I want to print a coloring page of the computer to I am not doing my homework until you come home to can I have some cereal. I feel like I am going out of my mind by the end of the week. see next postDad in Akron39089.7472106482Our 7 yr old ds also talks excessively, but usually before or after meds. When on meds he's calmer but no appetite. Off meds he talks, but eats. Check w/doctor to see if he's on the correct dose.my son is 7 and also still puts everything in his mouth. including paper and I relized a few weeks ago that he had been chewing on the vaccum cleaner cord in several different places.
Does anyone know why they do this? Is it just one of their tics. My son also picks at his fingernails until they bleed. He chews on his shirt until it is so wet he has to change it. The school has had to give him a shirt to change into before from chewing on his.
I wonder what this is from? If anyone knows I would love to hear.
My son is the same way, (the 9 year old) but he is border line so we dont medicate him..where as long as he is challanged his ADHD is controlled. He does do teh excessive talking if he gets bored, so the teacher and I think he really doesnt know he is talking so the teacher will walk over to him and touch his shoulder adn he stops talking it seem sto work for him so far. Also if you can get teh class to ignore him and not laugh at the jokes that seems to stop as well. WE class clowns love attention ;-)Hi dcarsen,
Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for sharing with me. Yesterday, I have ordered "Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents by Barkley". I will let you know if I get anything useful from that book.
In addition to excessive talking my son has habit to put everything in his mouth too.
Thanks!
& he is'nt adhd.Yours sounds alot like my son. I think the one thing that drove me nuts the most prior to meds was the non-stop talking!!! I never had a moment of my day where he wasn't talking. If he wasn't talking to me he was talking to his imaginary friends. At first I was polite and would tell him that mom's ears were tired and that I needed a break when really inside I wanted to yell just shut up once. Nothing seemed to help. Now on meds we can actually drive to the grocery store without the contstant chatter or noises. My ds is 5 will be 6 in a couple of weeks and is still very immature even with the meds. He would much rather play with the 3 year old across the street than kids his age. I have read so many books but I can't recall any of them being better than the other. Good luck. My 9 year old son is evaluated as moderate ADHD. I don’t give him medicine, but give him Natural Nordics EPA (fish oil) two times a day since 4 months. I have seen a little improvement with it. He doesn’t have any behavioral issue. In fact he is always been obedient at home as well as at school too, and he is average at studies.