I have a 13 year old daughter too! Could it be the "teenage" attitude? My daughter doesn't have ADHD, but is angry at times. Sometimes I feel like getting her to anger management classes. LOL It really isn't funny though. Being a mom of a teenage child is so hard today. I'm new to these boards & I am trying to learn all about ADHD, because I think my 8 year old daughter has it. I am in the process of getting her diagnosed. Take care. And try to pick your battles with your daughter.
I have a 13 1/2 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with ADHD - she has been on medication since 5th grade. I do believe the medication may help her concentrate and her grades have improved some because of this. My MAJOR issue is that I feel I am LOSING my daughter. she is so angry all the time, critisizes and hits her two younger sisters, then I have just recently realized she has been lying to me about her whereabouts.
I was wondering if someone could tell me if counseling has helped their ADHD child relate to the family, and make them less argumentative. I cry myself to sleep at night worrying about the direction my daughters future may be going. I want so much to help her and help her see her potential but I feel I am losing this battle. Seems all we ever do is argue.
I have an eight year old son who has been diagnosed with ADHD. It has been very hard for our family to watch what Jonathan goes through. I breaks my heart to see the socio-psycho behavior with him. He gets very angry and hits and kicks his older brother and sister. He seems to have no sense that for every action there is a reaction. Any type of disicpline to him is sensless, he feels victimized and is not able to recognize that the consequence is becasue of something he has done. On the other side of the scale; he is very smart and loves to learn anything about science, he is very close to me and is a very loving little boy (but only to me). Right now we are between meds, he had been taking Stattera but it as if he has become immune to it, now we are trying Adderall XR but the side effects are terrible for Jonathan, so right now we are waiting to hear from his Dr. about changing the milligrams. If it had not been for the Strattera, my little boy would not have been able to complete the 2nd grade. In first grade he sat and tore paper up into little bits and sat under his desk and played. His teacher allowed him to do this so he wouldn't be a distraction to the rest of the class. He learned to read and write at home. I taught him in 3-5 minute sessions. Once he grasped the concepts he was off and running with them. Now with a year of Strattera under his belt he is an above average/gifted student, especially in reading and math. We live in a small town and our schools are not equipped to handle these kids. They offered to put him in special education, where he would have been with kids who suffer from different types of disablities other than ADHD and they would not give him a cirruiculumn that would meet his gifted needs. So I am seriously checking out homeschooling and/or private school. This is our experiance and I hope relating it will help someone else who is having difficulties.Hello. I have a son who is ADHD/Bipolar. I am going through some very rough times. I only have the one child, and he was in counseling, and it didn't seem to help him all that much. I truthfully do not know what else to do. He is stealing, lying and gets so bored, angry, depressive. We live in a very small town and there isn't a lot to do, plus we are ona very tight budget. When I do something with him, he is very ungrateful. He can be such a handful, but then he can be such a sweet boy. He is very smart, but has problems in school with calling out, getting up, fidgiting, etc. If anyone has some advice for me, plese send it to me. He is currently on Seroquel 25 mg. three times a day.