Lead poisoning | ADHD Information

My son doesn't have LP, but he does have rebound after his meds wear
off. It's such a short time that I can tolerate it. Knowing what's coming,
keeping him on schedule, and absolutely not accepting the behavior
helps. He knows the drill, he knows that if he doesn't comply he will be
grounded, and, most effectively, if he doesn't get it together I physically
remove myself from him. He gets plenty of warnings, always the same
way, and 9 times out of 10 (or more) he can get control of himself.

The key was consistency and time. It's a very simple plan. No TV after 7,
takes his melatonin (to help him get sleepy) and go to his room at 7:30,
start reading together. We read until at least 8, sometimes until 9. If he
threatens me - forget about actually becoming violent - he gets 1
reminder of the house rules, then the second time I leave and he's
grounded for the next day. That usually leads to lots of pleading, but I
just hold my own, and he eventually gets over it. He gets one day of
grounding for making threats maybe once a month.

Now, when he's around other people who don't follow my rules, it's a
whole other story. We were out late at his grandmother's last night. He
was tired - he wanted to leave - he made a threat knowing we would
leave. My mother ENCOURAGED HIM TO HIT HER! And to his credit, he
wouldn't. He told her she had to hit first. SO SHE TOOK A SWING AT HIM!
She didn't hit him, but he took it as an attack, and he just started
windmilling his arms toward her. My mother GRABBED HIM BY THE HAIR.
That's when I got over to them, wrapped my arm around my son so he'd
stop flinging his arms around, and knocked my mother's arm off his
head. Which she whined about saying I was going to leave a bruise. She
can whine all she wants as far as I'm concerned. I asked her why on earth
she would tell him to come on and hit her and she said SHE WANTED TO
SLAP THE SH*T OUT OF HIM! She said he needed to learn a lesson that he
couldn't make threats. She absolutely did it on purpose. I still can't wrap
my head around it.

Anyway, now that I've taken over your thread (sorry about that!), my point
is, make sure that other people know his schedule and follow it. My son
has a great daycare where the people who work with him know what's
going on and follow it.

Get him into a routine he can depend on, a structure that will give him
the opportunity to learn to control himself, and make sure whoever is
around him is on board with that plan.

Good luck!I have a almost 7 year old that was diganosed with lead poisoning at 1 1/2 years old. To say the least it has been a LONG 5 years with him. From Folican XR - great at first then took off for depression, to Risperdal - made he go nuts - made him do what it was supose to fix! He has ADHD, ODD, mood disorder. Kenndey Krieger is great with him. I couldnt ask for a better doctor for him. They now have him on Folican 20mg in the morning, 10mg at 12pm and 10mg at 4:30pm. He has been having some issues that I have been highly upset over. Inbetween meds or in the morning he is a nut case. Hits me, gets very angery, not lisening, hits over things. Went so far as one time broke his DS!! Of couse as soon as the meds kicks in he is a totally different child. One time we were in the car and he went nuts - kicking the seat, screaming, saying he was going to break things, telling me he wanted me dead!! I didnt know what to do. He did it again yesterday - but within 10 mins it was over!! I have no idea what was going on!! Its kinda scaring me. In ways im afraid to take him places. It seams like around spring and fall are the worse. I dont know. All I know is that im dreading school letting out for the summer. He will be going to a camp but only for 6 weeks. He has friends but I try to get playdates but the parents never do it. I have a very small family no real support there at least with him. Noone can deal with him for very long. I was wondering is there any other parents out there that are dealing with a child who has lead poisoning?