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Rensob,

I have been following your posts where you have left them. Please keep us posted as the school year progresses. My son, as I have mentioned is 12. He is in 7th grade and has some of the same tendencies as far as social is considered. I hope as he gets older and matures, it will change, but who knows. He does have a girl who likes him and he her, so who knows! Only time will tell. I will continue to read your posts!!

One more thing I forgot to mention, remember he is defintely going through puberty. that changes things, including meds tremendously. He could also be saying to his younger brother what is being said to him at school, when playing sports on the field, etc. One never knows these days

hi there - i am also new to this whole forum world but have so far found it helpful just to be able to offload and read other parent's ideas and situations.  makes you feel like your not alone.

my son is also 13 and in his first year of high school.  he was put on concerta in grade 6 and we went through the whole homework thing.    he used to just procrastinate and avoid doing it at all cost (ever since grade1)- it was a constant fight.   in grade 7 he was given a laptop and had all his books, schoolwork etc  - it has been an absolute lifesaver - he has since been very organized - the teacher would initially help him to get information onto the computer but he quickly learned how to do it all himself.  having a designated computer for school work has been amazing - everything to do with school is on his laptop and he knows where everything is (no more half ripped sheets stuffed inside the back pack or homework books that never make it home).  is there technology available for him where you live?  it took us a bit of door knocking and letter writing to get to the front of the apparent 3 year waiting list - my goodness - but it has really made a world of difference in his life - and ours!

Hell all. Im new to this whole forum world but thought I'd give it a try so that I can talk to people who all have something in common. Let me give you a little bt of a background on my son.

He is 13yrs old. Was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7. The doctors put him on Ritalin. BAD CHOICE. He stayed up all hours of the night. 2-3am, he was having "parties" in his room by himself. He had gum wrappers all over his room, finger painted his walls, food wrappers sprawled throughout, painted his face, etc. Then the little darling must have partied so hard, he fell asleep on his floor with the lights on and his party mess everywhere. LOL. Needless to say, we took him off of the Ritalin and he is on Concerta now.  The Concerta works really well for him. I have issues with him when it comes time to do homwork. He fights, argues, screams, cries for the 1st hour that he doesn't know it, or he can't do it, etc. Then after an hour or so of carrying on, he decides its time to do his homework. When he does it, he does it well. It's the hour or so EVERY single evening that gets very frustrating. Within that hour that he is havign his "fit", he is mean to his brother. He doesn't hit, strike or touch him in any way but he just says things like "stay away from me, don't bother me, jerk, etc".  For about 2hrs each night I just want to cry. He is very active in sports and excels pretty well at them. School is very challenging because he "forgets" his homework or he loses it. He puts it in his binder at home, gets on the bus and somehow "loses" his homework from the bus to the school. I don't get it. I just wanted to share with everyone my story and hopefully we can all swap ideas, etc to help get us all through. Thanks

 

Welcome the boards!

Hello and welcome cutecop!

There are so many of us here with similar situations to you and successful "remedies" that can help.

My son is 12 and on concerta. He is also on guanfacine. My son is currently at 90 mgs and 1 mg of guanfacine. I personally think my son is ready for an increase. I wonder if your son would benefit from an increase to help with his concentration and attention. Just a thought.

Last Friday, my husband called me at work - I start at 6am - to tell me we were out of 54 mgs of concerta (son takes one 54 and one 36 to reach 90mgs) so he gave him three 36's to equal 108mg. I worried all day. Son had a test etc and all the other school stuff. I didn't want him sick, not doing well, all the typical worries. Well DS came home, didn't feel any differenece he told me and scored a 98 on his math test. So I really think we need to increase his dosage.

I always feel bad for our kids who can't help not having a great attention span. With just a tweak of the dose, sometimes things can get better for them.

I am glad you found the boards and look forward to reading your posts. I am sure you can teach us a thing or two!!