2006-09-30 04:51:29 · 32 answers · asked by jackie d 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
WOW! I expected to see you get a lot of responses, and you will find almost everyone has an opinion. My heart goes out to you. I have ADHD experience as a sister, foster mother, tutor, friend, and teacher. Everyone is an individual so there is no one size fits all answer, some children appear to grow out of it, and there are people who are misdiagnosed too. It can be though at times but you will find answers that specifically fit you and your son!
Please find some professionals (school ed specialist, psychiatrist, therapist) that will help you and your family through the choices you face in helping your bright, talented, and energetic son to be able to control and channel his energy into positive behavior and creative expression.
Medication -- people are different and it may take a little patience to find one that fits, find a psychiatrist who specializes with children and takes the time to explain.
Therapy -- there are skills and techniques your family and your son himself can be trained to use to help him focus on school work, and find success in his areas of interest.
Teachers and school psychologists and special education professionals can work with you and your family as a team to plan and carry out any support your son needs at school - you have the right to demand evaluation and if needed an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
2006-09-30 05:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by JA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My nine year old son was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of two and a half and I refused to medicate him. I have found other ways of dealing with his behavior. I also have a seven year old daughter and although she is always on the go and never stops I know she has not got ADHD this is just the way she is.
For for those out there who say it is the parents who use this is an excuse I have one with ADHD and one without. Once you have experience a child with ADHD or ADD then comment on it.
2006-09-30 09:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've a five yr old with ADHD... i refused to used medication before I tried other methods of behavioral control. There are some brilliant websites on the subject.... try looking through them. Having a child with ADHD is mind blowingly frustrating.... but I have found my son is a totally different child now that he had food that I cook from scratch myself... It's damned hard work, and there are times when I get things wrong and he gets 'high'... it takes forward planning and family commitment, it also needs consistency. I've got six children in all... I work part time and manage his ADHD without medication.... I'm lucky, but don't forget there are different types of ADHD. If non-medication methods don't work... for your own sanity and that of your family, seek expert advice... best of luck x
Just adding a note to my answer!!! To those of you who don't believe ADHD exists... I truly hope that you never have a child with this condition... A true case of ADHD has little to do with bad parenting... and yes I do agree that too many doctors and parents misuse the term ADHD.
2006-09-30 05:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by mommakayos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an answer but it does not lie in medication. Why drug children, it only adds toxins to their delicate systems?
I work with the world's leading supplement company who have pioneered a new science, they have formulated a children's 'sweet' which contains all they need to help them grow and keep them from getting sick. It is also very powerful at preventing ADHD. If children do not eat well, and it is a struggle to get them to eat veg and fruit, then here are your prayers answered. I am not legally allowed to mention the product here, but you can find out more information by going to a website with testimonials on ADD and ADHD. It works, is totally natural, contains no artificial colourings or preservatives and is suitable for vegetarians. You will not find better anywhere.
A word of advice - stop giving him fizzy drinks, they contain aspartame which is highly toxic. Anything marked 'diet' on the can is lethal. Fruit juices without artificial sweeteners or water are the best drinks for anyone.
2006-09-30 05:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My aunts a a teacher and has a child in her class with severe ADHD. She finds that when he is using the medication he's more likely to be emotionally volatile. For the past week he hasnt been using the medication and although initially he was a bit irratic he's settled down really well now, just by giving positive attention and making clear boundaries of what is acceptable behaviour. She said that its the best behaved hes ever been in her class.
2006-09-30 05:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen Carefully:
Your son DOES NOT HAVE AHDH.
He does not. Period.
What is happening is that YOU are having a tough time parenting.
Welcome to the Club.
Like antibiotics, and bi-polar disorder, AHDH has become a pop-medicine cop-out for millions of Doctors and parents who are having difficulty coping.
AHDH, strictly speaking, has a great deal to do with brain physiology, and is quite rare. However, the pop-medical community has AGAIN vicitimized poor parents like you and I into believing that there is a medical reason that junior acts like an a-hole every now and then. Or cuts up in class.
You're not a failed parent...You're just struggling, like every parent should be. Especially if you're a single parent.
Honestly, I suggest just dealing with the issue head on...try a therapist who specializing in Parenting issues...read up online about some of the issues you are having.
But for Heaven's sake....do NOT medicate your child until you have at least a second (or third) diagnosis of AHDH. Be extremely skeptical.
Best of Luck to You!
2006-09-30 05:00:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many ways to answer this question. I think the process with medication is trial and error. My little cousin is taking medicine for ADHD and I strongly disagree with what he is taking however his mother won't change it. He is a completely different child and not in a good way. All he does is sit around real quietly. He doesn't play like he used to and he just isn't himself. It seems like it took his personality and everything else away from him. Like I said its trial and error but what he is on is not right for him.
2006-09-30 04:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by amandaholes19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I"ve met allot of children that were diagnosed with ADHD, but what the parents don't tell the dr. is that there is a tremendous amount of stress at home. It turns out that the child is just acting out frustrations. Why don't you try to teach your child some anger management first. Because you will see that meds frustrate you even more, because they turn your child into someone else. Do you want that? Let your child know that anger and frustration is a normal part of life, and let him make up a sign to show when he is angry. Is there stress at home? How do you and his father deal with it? Is he mimicking you? Consider these things first!...Please, for your child's sake!
2006-09-30 04:57:56 · answer #8 · answered by angela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew also suffers from ADHT and while working as a classroom assistant, dealt with children suffering from this condition.
My brother did not agree that my nephew should take the drugs as the possibility would be that he could never stop taking them. He decided not to let my nephew take them - my nephew was constantly in trouble at school etc. As he got older he started to get in trouble with the police and go in with a very bad crowd. A few months ago he started his medication - he is like a different boy. I dont mean in a bad way - as in completely changed but he can concentrate for longer periods of time and is starting to get his act together.
I defo recommend that if the doctor is willing to perscribe - its worth a go!
2006-09-30 04:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by tranceaddict 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi my daughter is hyper,she has classic symptoms of ADHD,however we refuse to put her on any medication but try to work things out,food colouring,fizzy drinks even toothpaste containing Sorbitol,we have tried homoeopathic remedies too,I too was a handful when younger but ADHD was never around years ago, it was classed as disruptive,bear with it I grew out of it(surprising) or perhaps i just realised all the tantrums and screaming got me nowhere,just let your son know he is loved (it is hard when despondent) I was told by a friend he was diagnosed with ADHD and had difficulty in getting a job
2006-09-30 05:05:39 · answer #10 · answered by movingcamp200067 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋