Complete disorganization | ADHD Information

I might can help you with tthe room situation...My son 10 would always cram stuff every where, and he hangs onto EVERYTHING.  To start we took a whole day organizing his room to a T, everything has it's own place, even the scrap papers and such.  When it's time for his room to be cleaned I give him a spacific task ex. clothes off the floor, have him come get me then we move to another task and repeat.  This is very time consuming and can be frustrating but, by having a place for everything makes the "where do i put this" question dissappear.  My son is incapable of just cleaning his room, he gets lost, off track, and frustrated.  We would end up in a fight every evning when I would just tell him to clean his room, so we tried it and it worked.  Over time it has become habit, now I do not check after each request I check at the end.  He just says that he is done with the one and I give him another.

I do feel for you, with my son being 10 you would think that a simple command would not be that hard. I tell my 3 year old to clean his room and he does it.  It is very frustrating.

I hope that this helps

Ah yes leokat, I know exactly how you feel.  My DD doesn't have the problem of hanging on to every scrap of paper though - she loses it all instead lol  Hopefully someone will stumble across this and give us some insight into things they have tried for their disorganized child :)When you wish upon a star....What I have found has helped is limiting what is in the bedroom - this means less to get tossed around. I also require that it be "tidy" each morning as part of his routine. What I mean by that is, dirty clothes in the
hamper, bed "made" (essentially covers pulled up), stuff off the floor, nothing under the bed, lights off. If he does that, he gets his daily screen time (TV, Wii or computer). If he doesn't, he doesn't get any time - no
exceptions. It has taken awhile, but it has worked about 80% of the time. It has helped develop habits. We have been doing this for about two years (he is almost 10) and it is starting to sink in. You could be describing my daughter! She hangs on to every little scrap of paper! My backseat looks like a dumpster too! I would like to know what works for this as well. I'm tired of my car smelling bad b/c she's left her luncg bag in the car, or she's left food in the car! I am a single mom, work fulltime as a teacher, and just don't have much energy for the weekends to do anything else.

Hello, I have posted here before but it has been a while because thankfully things have been going very well for my 10yo DD.  She was placed on Vyvanse 30mg in June and did very well - had some problems sleeping at first so we used some Melatonin but  were able to stop that quickly.  I just took her to the doctor on friday because I was worried about her weight and since starting the Vyvanse she has lost six pounds - she was a skinny girl to begin with too! So the doctor has decreased the Vyvanse to 20mg and we will see how that goes.

Luckily my DD does have any negative behavior issues, she has tons of friends and kids and adults alike really seem to like her.  She is active in theater and is very outgoing.  Our main problems in social settings are the excessive talking and hyperactivity - she gets excited very easily and sometimes it is a little embarrassing but nothing I can't handle.

What is killing me is disorganization.  Her room always looks like a trash dumpster (seriously)!  I will make her clean it and go back to check only to find things hidden behind the door or under the bed.  I take those things out and make her put them away properly and the very next day I walk in the room I am amazed!!  It looks like it was never cleaned!  I wonder how did she manage to make such a mess so fast??  She's not even in there that much lol  Now for a quick list of things: She has already lost her winter coat (3 weeks old), she lost her glasses on Saturday, and this morning she informed me that she lost her homework planner that I had to buy from her teacher!!!  If the homework makes it home from school to be completed it is a MIRACLE if it ever gets back to the school to be graded, the back seat of my car now looks like her bedroom!!  I try so hard to keep up with it all but I am a full time working mom and ready to lose my mind!!  We do use the marble chart for chores and staying on task at home but I can't find any thing to work for the other stuff.  She really is the kid who would loose her head if it wasn't attatched!!! 

Any ideas??