My daughter is 7 diagnosed with ADHD (all of the types.  She was without her meds for a while because we moved out of state.  I just got he back on by taking her refill to a pediatrician.  he referred us to a Psych.  I have called but it is friday evening. for 2 days she has been uncontrolable.  she has destroyed the house, screamed constantly on the top of her lungs threatened me,  hurt her sister, threatened to run away, won't take her pills etc.   I finally could not take it anymore I sat on her and gave her her night time pill (clonidine) I had to dilute it and pour it in her mouth she knock out her baby tooth trying bite me. during which time she screamed at the top of her lungs you knocked out my tooth  she looked out the window and hollered even louder My Mom knock out my tooth HELP  she is sitting on me she is killing me.  she has never been this bad before. I am a displaced early childhood teacher displaced because I can not hold down a job partially because of how she is.  She is very strong, at time i think psychotic she litterally lifted me off of her tonight and I was hurt in the process by hitting the coffee table with my back.  She has given her sister black eyes in the past that were so tramatic that protective services was called to invistigate.  she through a doll house car intentionally at her little sister as she was going down the stairs  her sister looked up and boom her eye was instantly purple with a 1 inch lump on her brow.   She takes adderall in the am ritalin in the afternoon and clonidine at bedtime.  As months go by her behaivoir worsens.  I don't know what to do this will be a long weekend I suspect the Dr will call me back first thing monday since she heard her fit in the voice mail and I also had to call  back when she hung up on me.  Any tips please...will be appreciated more than ever!

my thoughts are with you and your daughter.. i'm not to sure if i have any 'words of wisdom' but i can only hope that the medical profession really look into your daughter's problems..

Am in dire need of advice and possible suggestions. My brother who is 8years old was diagnoised with ADHD a couple of years ago. He takes Ritalin 2 to 3 times a day. When he has taken his tablet, he becomes almost like a zombie, eager to please a shadow of a little boy. The tablets effects seem to only last a couple of hours. The school have said that they can only take him provided that he has his tablet. But my concern is when he effects wear off he is so angry, often shouting and screaming for no specific reason, he becomes aggressive with my mother and the rest of the family. He shouts awful words and obsenities. My mother feels due to his problems that she should molly coddle him I disagree and feel that whe he acts up he should be reprievmanded. Has anybody else been through this, any suggestions would be received gratefully. Thanks

Triona

Am in dire need of advice and possible suggestions. My brother who is 8years old was diagnoised with ADHD a couple of years ago. He takes Ritalin 2 to 3 times a day. When he has taken his tablet, he becomes almost like a zombie, eager to please a shadow of a little boy. The tablets effects seem to only last a couple of hours. The school have said that they can only take him provided that he has his tablet. But my concern is when he effects wear off he is so angry, often shouting and screaming for no specific reason, he becomes aggressive with my mother and the rest of the family. He shouts awful words and obsenities. My mother feels due to his problems that she should molly coddle him I disagree and feel that whe he acts up he should be reprievmanded. Has anybody else been through this, any suggestions would be received gratefully. Thanks

Triona

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Was he acting angry before he started taking meds? My 9yr will act like that when the meds are wearing off, if something upsets him. One morning his eggs were not cooked "correctly" and he threw them at me blaming me and crying and out of control. He's not like that when he's off the meds completely.

My daughter is 7 diagnosed with ADHD (all of the types.  She was without her meds for a while because we moved out of state.  I just got he back on by taking her refill to a pediatrician.  he referred us to a Psych.  I have called but it is friday evening. for 2 days she has been uncontrolable.  she has destroyed the house, screamed constantly on the top of her lungs threatened me,  hurt her sister, threatened to run away, won't take her pills etc.   I finally could not take it anymore I sat on her and gave her her night time pill (clonidine) I had to dilute it and pour it in her mouth she knock out her baby tooth trying bite me. during which time she screamed at the top of her lungs you knocked out my tooth  she looked out the window and hollered even louder My Mom knock out my tooth HELP  she is sitting on me she is killing me.  she has never been this bad before. I am a displaced early childhood teacher displaced because I can not hold down a job partially because of how she is.  She is very strong, at time i think psychotic she litterally lifted me off of her tonight and I was hurt in the process by hitting the coffee table with my back.  She has given her sister black eyes in the past that were so tramatic that protective services was called to invistigate.  she through a doll house car intentionally at her little sister as she was going down the stairs  her sister looked up and boom her eye was instantly purple with a 1 inch lump on her brow.   She takes adderall in the am ritalin in the afternoon and clonidine at bedtime.  As months go by her behaivoir worsens.  I don't know what to do this will be a long weekend I suspect the Dr will call me back first thing monday since she heard her fit in the voice mail and I also had to call  back when she hung up on me.  Any tips please...will be appreciated more than ever!

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Ever heard of the 'therapy' hold? You hold them so they can't HURT anyone including you

Am in dire need of advice and possible suggestions. My brother who is 8years old was diagnoised with ADHD a couple of years ago. He takes Ritalin 2 to 3 times a day. When he has taken his tablet, he becomes almost like a zombie, eager to please a shadow of a little boy. The tablets effects seem to only last a couple of hours. The school have said that they can only take him provided that he has his tablet. But my concern is when he effects wear off he is so angry, often shouting and screaming for no specific reason, he becomes aggressive with my mother and the rest of the family. He shouts awful words and obsenities. My mother feels due to his problems that she should molly coddle him I disagree and feel that whe he acts up he should be reprievmanded. Has anybody else been through this, any suggestions would be received gratefully. Thanks

Triona

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Was he acting angry before he started taking meds? My 9yr will act like that when the meds are wearing off, if something upsets him. One morning his eggs were not cooked "correctly" and he threw them at me blaming me and crying and out of control. He's not like that when he's off the meds completely.

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What meds is he on? I have a 7-year old who acted like that when he was on Ritalin and Concerta. Now he is on Ritalin LA and that made things much better most of the time. I won't  deny he doesn't have incidents that are very difficult to deal with (throwing objects, destroying stuff) but most of the time he is OK. Also - we make sure he does his daily gym exercises. That helps him a lot as well. He jumps on the trampoline (100 times), jumps the rope (30 times), does sommersaults (30) and bounces and also passes a ball (30 times each).

I hope that info will help.

My daughter is 7 diagnosed with ADHD (all of the types.  She was without her meds for a while because we moved out of state.  I just got he back on by taking her refill to a pediatrician.  he referred us to a Psych.  I have called but it is friday evening. for 2 days she has been uncontrolable.  she has destroyed the house, screamed constantly on the top of her lungs threatened me,  hurt her sister, threatened to run away, won't take her pills etc.   I finally could not take it anymore I sat on her and gave her her night time pill (clonidine) I had to dilute it and pour it in her mouth she knock out her baby tooth trying bite me. during which time she screamed at the top of her lungs you knocked out my tooth  she looked out the window and hollered even louder My Mom knock out my tooth HELP  she is sitting on me she is killing me.  she has never been this bad before. I am a displaced early childhood teacher displaced because I can not hold down a job partially because of how she is.  She is very strong, at time i think psychotic she litterally lifted me off of her tonight and I was hurt in the process by hitting the coffee table with my back.  She has given her sister black eyes in the past that were so tramatic that protective services was called to invistigate.  she through a doll house car intentionally at her little sister as she was going down the stairs  her sister looked up and boom her eye was instantly purple with a 1 inch lump on her brow.   She takes adderall in the am ritalin in the afternoon and clonidine at bedtime.  As months go by her behaivoir worsens.  I don't know what to do this will be a long weekend I suspect the Dr will call me back first thing monday since she heard her fit in the voice mail and I also had to call  back when she hung up on me.  Any tips please...will be appreciated more than ever!

s6king I have bee nseeing similar angry behavior in my 6 yr old son. Mainly I have be trying to figure out where it is coming from. But of course they blame you for everything thing. I feel your pain in wanting to help your daughter but feeling helpless to actually do so. Friday I received a call from the school to come pick up my son because he had torn the classroom up. They had to remove the class. Yes, you heard right. They couldn't remove him so, they had to remove the entire class because he was pushing furniture & being so disruptive. And, like you I had to face my employer by saying my son was suspended for the 2nd tiime this school year and leavework to pick him up. My only saving grace (and advice to you) is I had my son's Dr's fill out Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)paperwork. Stating my son has a disability that requires my to leave without notice. As long as I leave or take time off for him & his ADHD I can't lose my just over cronic absences. My job doesn't like it but they can't fight it either. Also, I searched and found a weekly play theraphy group through my local hospital (which actually takes insurance) that focuses on Anger & lets face it survival tactics for the kids (in a group) & the parents in a separate group.  I found this out by calling everyone that told me to call someone else. So try the insurance co. & hospital & maybe it will help. I know the burden is heavy on your heart but I am finding that that support here is helpful. Keep it up!  Good Luck.

Triona,

I agree with your mother.  If you son is reacting so strongly when the med's are wearing off, it's not a time to discipline.  I compare that to trying to reason with a drug enraged person.  Your son is reacting to the chemical/drug wearing off and it makes him feel awful.  Younger kids have a harder time handling med's and the side effects.  When my son gets emotional when the med's are wearing off, I feel awful and just put my hand out to him and he comes running and cries in my arms.  I just tell him that it's going to be okay.  After some time passes, he starts to feel more in control.  Believe me, I'm very firm with him when he's not on med's and acts up but the hours of rebound are an exception.  I don't do a lot of talking but just offer my comfort.  Hope that helps.  I know it's not easy.