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heatherv112506

ADHD and school aged children

on Sep 17, 2011

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My daughter has just started her 1st grade year. Last year she was given the diagnosis of ADHD. They gave her medicine and have been monitoring her. Her teachers saw a significant improvement. Now that she has started the new year, she still has the same two teachers from last year, but nothing seems to work medication wise. They had changed her over the summer due to me noticing the hyper activity. She has been getting note sent home from school and she just started yett and new medicine. I have just recently started sending her to a specialist for behavior modification. Does any one have any suggestions on how I might me able to help her in school with being extremely hyper active. Or maybe someone has gone through this as well and could share their story.

tina30219

on Nov 26, 2011

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My daughter is ADHD and is on medicine she is on concerta 36 mg.

B0402116

on Dec 01, 2011

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Check into diet modifications. The child of a friend of mine was having enormous difficulties even with medications and then my friend started using no gluton products and no food dyes and processed foods. The results were amazing!

jennzenn

on Dec 02, 2011

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Wow, after reading this I feel so much better to the fact that ADHD is a condition that confuses many people...I thought maybe it was just me not understand why this works or dont' work and what each thing does or don't do. My son is what they want to call boarderline ADHD....on his 3rd day of K the teach put him in detention bc and I quote "he wont shut up and sit down" this brought social services into my life among many other people. I went along with the doctors treatment & discovered it only made my son a zoombie in class that made the teacher ever so happy I was not I wanted my child to learn! After consulting with others we managed to get him moved to another teachers room and I even took him off any medication and we have been managing wonderfully ever since. I keep an open line of communication with the teachers & work with them...they give him extra work to focus on & if it gets to bad they will send him to the gym to run laps to exhause some energy ...

jennzenn

on Dec 02, 2011

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Oh I also wanted to add that my son is now in 4th grade and in the top of his class, a straight A student, in the gifted and talented programs and even goes to special classes at our college!! I am thankful that I didn't let one teacher ruin my son and sadly I do understand teachers have soooo many more things to do now and they have lots of pressure on them and sometimes it's easier to not care. I am grateful for having a wonderful community and school system as a whole that has helped us overcome this stereotype on ADHD kids and them having bad behavior

Wanda78

on Dec 03, 2011

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My son has been using Focaline as well for his ADHD and it has been helping him out a lot. He is in the second grade and has made the A-B Honor Roll and really enjoying this school year in comparision to previous school years.

ProudMeme

on Dec 03, 2011

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My son was diagnosed at age 7 and is now 13. He does well with a schedule. He was on Vyvanse, by starting having melt downs when it was wearing off. He takes 20mg of Adderal now and is doing very well. He made his first C since first grade this year. It was in Algebra and he earned that C which is now a B. I have taught him the medicine helps him concentrate, but he is in control of his behavior. That has worked for him. I do not give the med on weekends and breaks because of his weight. He was thrilled when he made it to 100lbs over the Summer. You have to find what works best for your child and you. Wishing you both the best.

nursejulz

on Dec 04, 2011

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To be honest, I don't believe in medicating children. We all have this so called ADHD in a sense. Some people just know how to channel that energy! For children it would be difficult. Maybe getting him/her involved in sports or playing an instrument. The only reason I say this is from my own experience when the doctors diagnosied my oldest with ADHD, I got him involved in football and working out with me, since then has been excelling in school. In severe cases of ADHD, I do believe in medications, however I believe that these pharmacuetal companies prey on kids. Of course adults for that matter! ADHD is some cases can be controlled by diet as well. As far as the medication not working as well as when they were first put on it, your body gets used to it, medication adjustments are inevitable. However think of it as crack or meth, if your body takes in so much and it works for alittle bit, your body begins to crave more because it gets used to that high.

sageemily2005

on Dec 05, 2011

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ok hun sit back and breathe...I am a mother of a extremely hyper active child he is now 17 but when he was younger in preschool all the way til he was in about 6 grade he had all the hyper Behaviors medications worked for a while he has ritalan ...yes ritalan it worked quite well on him BUT the set back was it had stunted his growth (you cant tell now by looking at him at almost 6 ft and 190lbs) but we have tried A LOT OF MEDICATIONS..now Your daughter is rare adhd usually make it hard for girls to focus but boy makes them Hyper ..my boy was so bad he thrashed his head in the walls and floors i had holes in my walls he was always tryin to hang himself or running from one end of the house to the next full boar...there are alternative medications conserta, stratera , i hated puttin my boy on medications but he was out of control so much so he ended up in hospital when he was 3 1/2 ( young huh) he was trying to hang himself i layed awake at night..there is hope keep looking

sageemily2005

on Dec 05, 2011

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there is behavioral therapist and there are even agencies out there that will go to your home for just that one child and some times give you a break its alot to have on ur shoulders head up just know ur not alone i could go into what im goin threw with my 17 yr old now but i dont want to scare you...some kid out grow the adhd ..my son did not he had it from birth then he got lead poisoned part of his pica that he had that he still has to this day..now im looking to place him into residential treatment so he might have a chance at a semi normal life...dont give up THERE IS HELP...keep ur head up and keep searching oh ya better yet get a case manager they will help you find the programs she needs and help you in the long they do all the foot work and give you that one less thing to do..i just got one not realizing how much they are a help i have had mine for about 3 1/2 weeks and she has already done A LOT of work that would have went bonkers she is a life saver

shelwoy

on Dec 28, 2011

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I have a 17 yr old daughter that has done well with ADHD and NO meds. We have struggled at times, but I was never comfortable with medicating her. When we did try meds, she lost her personality. I also worried about the long term effects, what would meds do to her developing brain? Behavior mod. is key to helping an ADHD child. Between school staff and myself, we set goals and closely monitored my child adjusting IEP as needed. In six months she will be graduating high school and moving on to an art college. There are no words for how proud I am of her and her ability to know when to ask for help. ADHD children are unique and not all will be able to live med free, but an honest, committed attempt should be made before medication is considered. I stand by my decision to keep my daughter med free.

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