My 7 year old step son was diagnosed when he was 4 I believe, and has been on a few different medications since he was 5. Before we had him switched back to the adderall XR his doctor suggested Vyvanse.
Vyvanse was the most useless yet! He came home every single day on "red".
His teachers made me feel like I wasn't doing my job as a parent by the condescending notes they would send home after school. Even though I knew better. None wants an outsider telling you what you should do to help your own child.
Anyhow, as for the destructive behavior. I read your post and felt for you.
I have found writings on the wall quite a few times, broken toys everywhere, broken pencils when he should be doing school work. He's used my razor while taking a shower to put holes in our shower curtain. I was angry about that one.
I have asked him in every situation "what made you feel like you had to break something?" (except the shower curtain incident) He always says "I don't know"
That makes me pretty mad in itself, but I know tht he doesn't know why he did it. And because I am an adult, I feel like that is not acceptable. I don't know is not an answer.Sadly, for children with adhd, that is a common answer.
I believe things such as this are really issues that need to be addressed by the child's regular doctor. It could possibly have something to do with the executive function in her brain. Some children with adhd do not develop as quickly as "normal" children(whatever that really is). This is the issue I am having with Joshua. He just can't seem to carry out the task at hand.
Anyway Maybe you should just talk with her doctor. That is where I am with the situation.
Sorry I didnt help you more, I kind of needed a release i think
[QUOTE=jdandi]My 11-yr-old daughter was diagnosed when she was 6 but we
didn't medicate her until she was 9. She has inattentive
subtype and she is on Vyvanse.
The meds have worked really well for her focus issues and
helping her get through her school work. But the last few
months we've been noticing odd behaviors and I want to
know if anyone else has experienced anything similar.
First, let me say that she has never been in any way
aggressive or defiant and generally has a very loving,
calm disposition. I'm not talking about an anger issue.
It started with me finding small pieces of a block eraser
under her chair (she's home schooled). She was tearing
apart erasers when she was supposed to be doing school
work and she didn't even realize she had done it.
Next, I found where she had been sitting at my desk and
discovered a box of staples. She took the rows of staples
out of the box and broke them into little pieces. A
couple of days later, she peeled the veneer off of the
front of my desk. When I confront her about these things,
she can't even remember doing it. She has no idea how she
started or what she was thinking while she was doing it.
A few days ago when I went in her room to tell her
goodnight I discovered she had scribbled on the wall
above her headboard with a marker - something you might
expect from a 3-year-old. Again, she couldn't explain
why she had done it.
Then tonight I found pieces of wood in the floor of her
room. She had been in her room "cleaning" and had taken a
pair of toenail clippers and carved gouges out of the top
of her dresser all the way around. It must have taken her
an hour to do the damage she had done. When I asked her
what she was thinking when she did it she said
"absolutely nothing". She cried and told me that she
doesn't want to be destructive and that she doesn't even
realize what she's doing until it's too late. I asked her
if she ever did these destructive things when she was
upset or angry about something and she said no.
I am so upset and concerned about this. It isn't a
discipline issue because she isn't doing it on purpose in
order to be defiant. It's just happening and she's so
sorry and upset about it. I'm concerned that she may have
some kind of mental disorder in addition to the ADHD.
Has anyone ever heard of this kind of behavior before????
Please help![/QUOTE]