About ADHD

grrrlwiz asked:


My five year old is currently on a waiting list for an Aspergers evaluation or the doctor said it may also be ADHD because a lot of the symptoms overlap. I don’t know how to discipline him. Nothing seems to work very well. I don’t want to hold him to too high of expectations if he is physically unable to comply but of course I don’t want to let him get away with stuff that he should be able to do. It seems like he absolutely cannot sit still and quiet in church for an hour like other children his age or even younger. He is very disrespectful. He constantly says things are stupid and flops around and won’t look at me when I am trying to talk to him. He got kicked out of McDonalds for grabbing kids and saying mean things. I hate just up and leaving places when he misbehaves because it is not fair to his brother and sister to have to constantly leave places because he is naughty. We are using time-outs mostly and trying to accentuate the positives but he is always in time out!

Franklin

Blueeyedgirly asked:


My son is 4 and he I don’t know if he is hyperactive or has ADHD? He runs constantly and cannot sit still, even having problems with this in school. His speech is behind due to not listening. He has a hard time napping and sleeping a full amount of time. Believe me I am not trying to “label” my son and am very anti-med at his age but if he needs treatment to learn I will take him in. Anyone have a child diagnosed with it and how do they act?

Bruce

tripeace asked:


My son was diagnosed with ADHD today, finally. What is the best medication for this? I was looking at Vyvanse which has mild side effects and has been highly rated for it’s effectiveness. Has anyone tried Vyvanse for their child?

Also, if you know of any alternative treatments or methods that work well along with medication, I am interested in these too.

Cynthia

Happy Holly Days asked:


She is 10, I expect her to misbehave sometimes, but with ADHD, she can’t follow directions. I get stressed and yell because I expect her to listen when I am asking her to do one simple thing, but she is in lala land. I really don’t want to medicate, but I feel bad for yelling at her to pay attention. I don’t have time to read ADHD books, I have classes and work. Is there an ADHD for dummies book?
Finally got this stupid add details thing to work-

Thanks to you experienced people, I don’t like meds, she isn’t that bad really. I did read but I can’t read it all, ya know. Shrinks are no smarter than me, so forget that. I think I’ll just keep yellin at her till she stops.

Thanks!

Angel

Derek H asked:


I’m have an appointment with my primary care physician to be screened for adult ADHD. Does anyone know what he will do in order to test and diagnose me?

Vincent

***HDK*** asked:


I just found out at the end of last school (university) year that I have ADHD. I’m not taking classes now and am working on my parents farm for the summer. I am especially concerned with my social troubles, but do not have any access to social situations here (REALLY small town and all the people my age are gone for summer — plus I’ve never really had any friends to start with). What are some things that I can do now to make next year better?

Ruben

grdnangel0209 asked:


My 11 yr old boy has ADHD. He’s not meds cause when he was on Adderall he quit eating and lost almost 15 pounds and got really lethargic. But now he’s back to not concentrating, talking in school, and refuses to listen to his teachers. He’s got a major self esteem problem too but don’t know if it plays into his adhd or not. Just fustrating to try to help him and he doesn’t seem to listen or if he does he gets mad and starts calling himself stupid, dumb. Don’t know what to do! Any suggestions? Thanks.

Monica

Brandi E asked:


My child is ADHD and I cannot bring myself to putting the child on medication b’cus of the fact that they will not have an appetite to eat, will be zoned out like a zoombie, and will have feelings of depression. Please help if you have any advice on this situation. Thank you!

Bradley

fall3n asked:


I heard this from my aunt, she said to join the navy you have to be off adhd med’s 2 years prior otherwise you wouldnt be allowed in… is this true?

Colleen

wildkat4510 asked:


My 9 year old son is ADHD and I do craft with him, and try and keep him from watching TV so much. I need some easy ideas that wont take to long.
Thanks for all the cool ideas. I was running out. He just got a bike for x mas and we are teaching him to ride it without training wheels. he gets scared easy, and would not ride without them before, and asi put my foor down and told him that he was 9 and he need to ride without them.

Herbert