My daughter is 7y/o, and on or about Jan 2006 she has been getting in trouble at school. Every other day her school is calling, telling me that she is being written up on a referral or being suspended. They say she won't sit down when told repeatedly, she talks and yells across the class and, she won't stay on task. And even gets in trouble in the cafeteria while eating lunch.
I took her to the doctor 6 months ago and her pediatrician diagnosed her with ADHD. She was put on medication that worked fine until now. The doctor up'd her dosage yesterday and I'm scared that in 6 more months it will have to be increased again. She is not a BAD child, she just seems to not be able to control her actions. I asked my child how does she feel about this and she doesn't even understand what is going on. Sometimes she seems to zone out while I'm talking, her eyes are looking at me but her mind is gone. What can I do? Somebody help me help her, PLEASE!
2006-11-14 01:53:23 · 11 answers · asked by Mel 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
There are different meds that are non-narcotic that can help in addition to her Rx med. She may need to be in special class at school that have smaller teacher-student ractio's. There are lots of support groups nowdays for this disorder that may have good ideas, or know of a technique that works best.
2006-11-14 01:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by FANNY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take her to a specialist who can do a PET scan on her brain and they can see what the problem is better - it may not be adhd and some adhd drugs do not help if the problem is caused by something else. There are other therapies that can be used if the problem is not adhd. Many other disorders get misdiagnosed, from deafness to allergies - check out a few other things before increasing the dosage any more. Some adhd drugs have long-term undesirable side-effects.
2006-11-14 01:59:47 · answer #2 · answered by Kathryn G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a hard one since she is already on medication, the only thing I can suggest is changing her medicine, there are several different ones available now. I would hate to keep upping the dosage every 6 months, pretty soon she will be a zombie. Maybe you could get a second opinion from another pediatrician.
2006-11-14 01:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by Mauki90 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like our 10 year old foster child.
Put her on a charting system. So when she has so many good days in school behavior and school work she will earn something. Doesn't have to be something big. Our kid she loves to earn a coloring book. It works OK as she sometimes still fall off the wagon for a few days.
You also may have to look into moving her to another teacher. She may need a teacher who is a little more strict with their class.
2006-11-14 02:00:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that by watching the foods we let our children eat can make a difference. Stay away from anything that has red dye in it. It is known to make children hyper. It could be juice,candy even a snack we would have never thought of ! I did thid with my son for a week and it was a dramatic difference in his behaviour. Good Luck
2006-11-14 01:58:50 · answer #5 · answered by smorgan1124 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work with the school to help provide counseling and resolutions. I suffer from adult ADD and it drives my fiance crazy. Just remember.....some of the brightest people in the world suffer from ADD. Wouldn't it be fun for you and your daughter to sit down and look some of these people and their accomplishments up. Shared time and she would feel better about herself for the experience. Good Luck
2006-11-14 01:57:42 · answer #6 · answered by mattinoh63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but a friend of mine has it too and he was put on all kinds of meds and then they would keep changing it .They have him on some don't of 8 hour patch that seems to be working because he is not so annoying anymore.
2006-11-14 01:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by Maddie H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've heard that children with ADHD do better in small groups or one on one, that way there aren't so many distractions. i would be concerned about them increasing her medication. if you could homeschool her or find someone who could work with her 1 on 1 that would be best, g'luck
2006-11-14 01:57:23 · answer #8 · answered by S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the medication she is on? Have you tried Concerta?
Request an IEP to help your daughter along. (talk to the special ed teachers on this one)
2006-11-14 01:55:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your doctor. They should have also put you in family therapy situation so you can deal with this and she can learn not to use drugs as a crutch to control her emotions and behaviors.
2006-11-14 01:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by janicajayne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋