Very loud ADHD DS when no meds, normal? | ADHD Information

My 7yr old DS was diagnosed last spring with ADD/ADHD we started him on Adderal 10mg then switched him to Vyvanse this past fall when he started having trouble again at school and to get help for homework in the evening. I am still new to learning about ADD/ADHD-I don't have any parents to talk to that has experience with it but I just found this site today.  Anyway in the mornings before the meds kick in and in the evenings when it wears off my son is soo loud!!  He makes a lot of vocal noises as in screaming, screatching, making noises with his mouth...Just LOUD.   His new thing is whistling especially when playing games..which is a lot quiter.  But anyway are all these noises and loudness normal for kids with ADD/ADHD??Mine keeps up a steady stream of noise when his meds have worn off.  Just noise- no point to it, nothing melodic, just random noise.  I think it's pretty typical in adhd kids- everything just slips out unfiltered. Thanks for the reply.  Like I said I don't know what is "normal" behavior for ADD/ADHD..still learning.  You hit the nail when you said everything just slips out unfiltered...it's like he can't control the outbursts.

Yes, we had the loud noises too....growling, barking you name it...... she would

 pretend she was a doggie sometimes????? 

 Not as bad as it used to be,  but she

 forgets sometimes....But when she was 5 and 6 it was a real problem....Now

almost 9 not to bad.....The older she gets the less this happens.....but sometimes

when she is with her cousins she gets really silly and does it....

 

It can really get irritating after while....also talks in a very loud voice....always telling

her to use her small voice....LOL   This helps a lot.....telling her to talk quietly....

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Mine TALKS constantly, and loudly meds or no meds.....drives me nuts at times!

We whisper to her that she needs to talk quieter, it helps, but not all the time.

Yup, when the stimulant wears off, he's often gets a much louder volume than normal.  I think it's part of having too much energy.  Random, odd noises also can happen.  That's part of impulse control and releasing having too much energy, according to the dr.Yes, this is the hyperactivity part. I remember when my son used to make animal noises in 1st grade....

When my ds (now 8) was a toddler his voice was so loud I couldn't go to the library.  But, I could hear him no matter where he was so I never lost him (LOL).  That is a good thing since he was often half a store away and moving fast!  People without an ADHD kid have such slow reaction times, I had lightening fast hands and his arms had some bruises occationally because he wanted to run into the street.  The only time I missed was in stores where I was distracted for a minute.  Ahhh...the good old days - Not!

 

mY 9 YEAR OLD DS IS LOUD AND NOISY IN THE MORINIGS AND EVENINGS WHEN THE MEDS WEAR OFF. WE ARE ALSO ON VYVANSE 2ND WEEK HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE VYVANSE AND WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIANCE?

I WISH YOU WELL AMD PM ME ANYTINME. ALL IS OK ON THE LOUD FRONT.

DD is in first grade, 6years old, endless sea of noise.  Even when asked to stop the noises verbally, she'll then pick something up (whatever is in reach pencil, paper clip you name it) and tap tap tap tap, so frustruating.  In part I have learned to tune it out, its generally not a battle I want to fight.  If she's not making noises then she's asking questions, and a lot of them.  I just choose to look at it like she's being very inquisitive (though she'll ask the same question 10 times)

My daughter is constantly making annoying noises, and NONSTOP talking.  Sometimes I tell her "just pretend you don't have a tongue"  

I agree that school gets the best of the child.  Our relationship has really suffered because of ADHD

My son's volume control is completely broken before meds in the morning. I
have to remind him "I am right here" when he bellows at me in the
bathroom. At night it is singing... lately a medley of Christmas songs mixed
in with other odds and ends. It never really stops, just fades sometimes. He
sings in public restrooms, which totally cracks me up.

hausof4, my son's meds are still working in the evening, but he falls apart
on me anyway. He puts so much energy into keeping it together at school
and not embarrassing himself, and then he comes home where it is safe to
"act like a baby", as he once put it. Yes, this sucks. I try to treat myself extra
well, because no one else is going to do it for me. Hang in there.

This might sound a little hostile, but great the school gets the best part of our medicated child and we (the parents) the "left overs." Not so wonderful. I can't tell you how many times I feel really angry about this and the fact that it slowly eats away at our relationship with our child. Sorry such a downer.