Hi everyone my name is Noreen and my almost 8 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADD last week. She is being considered for meds. The problem is that she has a heart problem and they want to make sure they give her the right medication. Can anyone tell me how they handle their children with this? I mean my daughter is a great little girl but Oh gosh she is sooo defiant. I just dont know how to punish her with her having this. She also misbehaves at school I have a meeting with her teacher on Thursday.
Any advice you can give me would be wonderful!!
Noreen
If things are not in crisis, you have some time to work with the behavior modification methods to see how far that takes you. I would get this in place for home and school. Then you can add medication to take you the rest of the way if needed. I am glad we had a behavior plan in place first, as it helped us see progress. Then when we added meds we could see further progress. Otherwise we would be second guessing which change was effective and could we stop any of it (this is a tough position to be in).
If she is at risk of severe problems at school (the defiance may be an indication of anxiety), then you might get the whole program going quickly and sort it out later.
The heart issue will require extra medical monitoring, and strattera can take several weeks to see full results once the target dose is achieved.
You can look at the whole picture and find the best way for you and your daughter.
Hi and welcome. Try to educate yourself as much as you can about ADHD. Go to your library and get some books on it. "Taking Charge of ADHD" by Barkley is a classic. Very helpful. Good Luck!Hi Noreen. My ds is 6 1/2 with ADHD/anxiety. He currently takes 15 mg