Talking ALL the time | ADHD Information

longsally,

My son was EXACTLY like this too, it truely seemed that every thought in his head was coming out his mouth, know what I mean? Seemed he didn't know how to just think in his head. I worked and worked with him, telling him just to think, that he didn't have to speak every thought, it helped alittle. Once we got his meds at a good dose, a lot of it stopped. He doesn't interupt the teacher, or speak out in class all the time. He does mumble under his breath sometimes but the teachers are fine with that. Maybe his dose isn't right? I don't know what to tell you, its so hard to deal with when they talk nonstop!! Good luck!

Lauriema2539170.2654166667My son, 6.5, does the exact same thing--talk constantly, about the most ridiculous, though imaginative, subjects, and loudly!! I tell my husband all the time that I just feel like telling him to, "Shut up!" Of course I would never do that esp. since he has very low self esteem....He was on Daytrana, which worked great and seemed to cut down on the talking. We had to switch him to Ritalin LA since he developed a bad rash. He does not metabolize the Ritalin well and his symptoms have returned, especially the talking. His dosage has kept going up every month and now he is taking 50 mg. At his next appt. in a few weeks, we're going to switch to Adderall. I'm praying the Adderall will work! So...your kid's dosage may be off too? Just my 2 cents.well, I have to wait until his next appt which is in may to do anything. I have spoken to his teacher and she has been VERY lenient with him all year but there comes a point where he has to learn to just stop and his free ride is over. WE will just have to wait it outI know that I have written about this before.... My child cannot stop talking. Today at school, the school counselor was running an exercise in the room: all the children were to be quiet and each one would pull something out of the bag and then tell was job it was. Of course when a child pulled out an envelope, my son yells out mailman. He is pulling tickets all over the place in class for talking. He CANNOT stop. what can I do? My next appointment with his adhd dr is in May. I do not want to kill his self esteem but everytime he starts a tangent, I look at his and tell him that he is running at the mouth and to stop talking. He also has NO inside voice. He can only talk by yelling. Anyone else have this?

I've always said Will does not have ONE private thought, they all coming pouring out... constantly.

He recently had a sub in school and he told Will that if there was a train wreck in NYC, Will would have something to say about it. And it's true. But I felt bad for him because it embarrassed him.

Sorry, I have no help for you. We are now moving on to not only talking, but talking in rude and disrespectful tones. If I don't break this soon, I will lose my mind.

I think this is an impulse control issue suggesting meds are not at therapeutic level or the med is not the right choice, especially if you are getting input from the teacher he really hasn't had control the whole year on this behavior.

If you can't get an appt sooner can you have phone consult with the doctor?

You may also ask about the possiblity of augmenting his stimulant med with Tenex (generic is guanfacine).

Okiemom

This med he is on is a hit or miss thing because today, he pulled NO tickets and his teacher said he was an angel. There is no way he is so quiet one day talking the next. Could there be something wrong with the medicine or is it a tolerance issue ( med building in his system) or a self control issue?Instead of talking alot, my ds "sings". It drives us nuts when he wakes up in
the morning. He is so loud before his meds kick in (Daytrana 10 - 15 mg).
When he takes the patch off at night, it is the same thing. It's like he stored
up all his singing for those times - he just has to get it out. Maybe he is a
future "American Idol" and we just don't appreciate it yet. DS is 6 1/2 and in
Kindergarten. You just have to find the right dose of meds and the talking
will probably get alot less. Hang in there. Meds have made life alot better
for ds and us.My son talks nonstop, about anything he wants, often thinks he is funny but just drives people crazy and when he runs out of things to talk about he sings, tells jokes etc! I always find myself asking him if he talks just to hear his own voice...and of course I get some smart comeback. He does this in school too, which is why the doctor recently put him on clonidine. It has helped a lot in school!! Of course pre-med in the morning is the worse! He drives even his 8 year old sister crazy, who can talk enough by herself!I'm new here. My son just started on Daytrana Patch and he has been talking so much more excessively since he started. I'm worried could this get any worse with the talking he even talks to himself in the bathroom now. I know at school it's terrible too the teacher complains constantly. Plus a cafeteria lady yelled in his ear with a loud speaker one day he told me. I'm going in to school to place a huge complaint against her after the break. Let me know if you hear any good tips too about the talking.[QUOTE=longsally]

well, I did call the dr and ask him to increase his meds, he refused and stated that if 36mg was not doing it, then we needed to try something else. Our next appointment is in May. I have a one month supply of his old Foculin in the house. I told hubby I was tempted to go back on that for the remainder of the school year. He was fine on it. His dr retired and we got this new one who decided we should change everything.

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Now oura doctor then moved my son to 54 mg concerta and we upped the guanfacine from a half a milligram to 1 milligram.

Concerta is not age or weight based, it is "where the person is most successful" based. My son was at 54 mg when he was still 7. He leveled at 72mg before he was 8 and is still there.

I think the doctor should try the higher dose. If you have any 18mgs, you can add one along with the 36 mgs during a weekend just to see?!

I hate to say that but unless he has horrible side effects, I still wouldn't rule concerta out, I think he needs a higher dose.

But I am not a doctor, just a mother!

I feel bad for your son and everyone around him. I was not medicated until just a few days ago.

I was so chatty as a child that it was embarrassing. A few families once took a trip in two cars. I wanted to go with the other family because I had a crush on one of the boys. Both cars did a caravan thing. Anyhow, we were in the lead.

Suddenly, the Dad and wife decided to pull over. My parents were driving the other car and they pulled over behind them. The Dad opened the back door and the Mom walked me over to my parents car. She asked to trade me in for another kid. And she told my parents why. I was simply driving them insane and they just could not handle it anymore.

What a drag! And there were no prescriptions to save me. But my Dad was a scary man, and I was devastated and embarrassed.

I wish I knew of anything to advise to you, but I don't. But tell your son that there are people here who understand. It really is uncontrollable for him and every kid has something that is different about them. Perhaps the best thing to do is to just smile at him and let him know kindly and ask him if he expects you to listen to him when he is talking. When he answers, yes...tell him that at the moment you can't because he has been talking for a long time. Maybe even point out the minutes that he has gone on talking? I don't know. But it hurts a kid. Poor guy.

Richocet: I know what you are talking about. I was an unmedicated ADHD child and I cannot tell you how much I sufferred. I talked constantly, had people screaming at me, no friends. I think I was invited to maybe 2 or 3 birthday parties by the age of 8 or 9. I dont want the same for my son. That is why I am so desperate to help him.

my daughter goes in stages on talking my concern is her talking being over friendly to strangers especially now we have an offender living down the street. Mind you she is never without me. I have to literally drag her away from strangers and talking physically pull her back towards me all someone has to do is smile at her to get her going.

longsally, why can't you just call the doctor and have them write a presciption to increase the medication BEFORE his appointment. You don't ned an appointment to pickup a prescription!

That is what our doctor does. My psychopharmacologist has even mailed them to me! The pedicatrician would leave them at the front desk.

I feel so bad for you son that he has to suffer so long because his doctor won't write a prescription for him - shame on the doctor!!