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Just diagnosed Friday with adhd and im a mommy.......

This is for the MD - I am 26 years old, I am a very devoted christian, mother, and wife. I was just...

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Just diagnosed Friday with adhd and im a mommy.......

This is for the MD - I am 26 years old, I am a very devoted christian, mother, and wife. I was just...

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Trileptal or Tegretol

I'm curious if any of you have had luck with trileptal or tegretol as far as a mood stabilizer. My goal is to...

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Trileptal or Tegretol

I'm curious if any of you have had luck with trileptal or tegretol as far as a mood stabilizer. My goal is to...

Posted by An_243468

Trileptal or Tegretol

I'm curious if any of you have had luck with trileptal or tegretol as far as a mood stabilizer. My goal is to...

Posted by An_243468

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ADHD, ODD, and severe anxiety 7 year old. Getting ...

My son is 7. Was diagnoised Severe ADHD, ODD and Severe Anxiety. End of last year, our house was broke into,...

Posted by An_251228

My son is 7. Was diagnoised Severe ADHD, ODD and Severe Anxiety. End of last year, our house was broke into, his Xbox stolen, days before his bday, less than a month later, grandma passed away. On Concerta (54mg), Trazodone (50 mg, stopped sleeping when grandma passed), and Prozac for Anxiety (5mg). Started a down hill slide, failed every spelling test but one since October, grades dropped. Behavior continously worse. Been in behavioral therapy forever. Found out his case manager has to transfer, been in his life 6 years. That was the beginning of the end. A little over a week later, and he's had a complete meltdown nightly. Past three has progressed (in 4 days) to drawing fist at me, putting hands on 15 month old brother, damaged propeeerty, police report filed, punched me in arm, screams yells, total defiance, and it usually last from 30 minutes to hours. Nothing or anyhting sets him off. This is not the ADHD, etc as before. When the ADHD meds are gone, the impluse kicks in. His anger can be out of control regardless of meds. He goes to Dr. through counseling service, plus hs regular doctor. Waiting for retesting, but they say he is too young to have anti social personality ( which his dr said it seemed like), too young for conduct disorder, etc. I don't know what to do. When the anger kicks in, he is unccontrolablly strong. I cannot hold him down. He lies, steals, decietful, never takes blame for anything, has stories that are specifically detailed, but never happened. Has seen spiders that arent there, bangs his head into furniature, you name it. But he is the smartest, kindest, most loving child you will meet. As long as he's not angry. Most of the time after the rage, he goes to sleep. they are usually at night, or evening. The next day, after his meds kick in, he says sorry, and truly feels bad. He feeds off arguing, so I sit through thses and other than redirect some, cannot speak to him, dicipline him, or really acknowledge the meltdown, not matter what he says, or how long he screams and yells and talks bad to me. I step in when there's a chance of him hurting his baby brother, and in these rages I cannot take my eyes off him for one second, or he will destroy something or hurt someone, I have no doubt. And you can see it on his face and in his actions, he is totally out of control and cannot stop it. I have been in the past couple days starting to record them on my phone ( the mild ones where I don't have to have two hands free). I am beyond knowing what to do. He shuts down all the time. He says his brain tells him to do things and he don't want to but his brain takes over. I am so aggrivated that everything is "he's too young for this or that kind of testing". I don't know where to go for answers. He has great therapist and case managers, but this is so sudden, they are as shocked as us. I need help for my son, I can't find anything that tells me age testing limits and what to do. He's been impulsive, defiant, no pain concept, etc since he was old enough to walk, But the past few months, I don't know where it come from. He wasn't clsoe to his grandma, he does NOT attach to hardly anyone. I can see the issue with his case manager transferring, but i jsut don't know what to do. My husband, my two teenage daughters, we are all dumbfounded. My 15 month old son stays terrified in his screaming rages. I love my son with all my heart. We hav etried every thing under the sun, everything suggested, we've brain stormed, nothing works. It breaks my heart that I cannot help him. Anyone with any kind of info to comment would be GREATLY appericiated.View Thread

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Need help getting off meds

I am currently on clonidine for sleep and I physically can not sleep without it and it drives me crazy also I...

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extreme hypertension, long-term amphetamine, 24-yr...

I am a 24 year old female and have been experiencing very high blood pressure for about a month now. It has...

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Seeking some assurance

Hi all, We need more positive research on persons with ADHD! My dissertation focuses on...

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Life destroyed by ADHD and a nasty ex wife who has...

My name is Ed and I live in Philadelphia. I used to be a very successsful high school teacher....

Posted by lonelyadhdinphiladelphia

My name is Ed and I live in Philadelphia. I used to be a very successsful high school teacher. In 2000, I was diagnosed ADHD but by that time my marriage was beyond repair and ended in divorce in 2002. I also suffer from severe anxiety and Major Depression. I am on disability, but the loss of income from teaching was dramatic and after I pay for my mental health care and prescriptions I can barely survive. I resigned from teaching in 2007 ending an 18 year career. I had just settled a legal battle with my ex wife where she got away with not disclosing stock options she was given by her bank during our marriage. They turned out to be worth $520,000. T/O the court battle my family gave me little emotional support and when it ended after going as far as the appellate court who overturned a ludicrious decision by the Superior Court. i had to settle before a trial could be held because I ran out of money and my paycheck whas leveraged with home equity and pension loans. The entire settlement i recieved was just enough to pay my attorney. I knew my financial house was going to collapse - it was just a matter of time.

I have two children, son 19 and a daugter 15. I was "Mr. Mom" in addition to a demanding career as a high school teacher and the data base manager for the high school. I love my children more than anything in this world.

While I was parenting my ex wife was climbing the career ladder and is currenlty the most sought after banker in the city of Philadelphia and worth millions. She is a VP for the largest Philadelphia based bank.

I am sure my ADD cause some of the problems in our marriage, but when she was award the options the marriage was over, I just didn't know it. My ex wife has a personality very few people have. She is very likeable, outgoing and maybe the smartest person I know. Her flaw is she doesn't have any ethics and money means more to her than anything in the world.

After the settlement of the stock options which destroyed me financially my anger(ADHD), depression and anxiety took over my life.
I couldn't get out of bed in the morning i was so depressed. My financial situation caused tremendous amounts of anxiety. My 90% parenting role began to slowly diminish and basically ended in Feb 2009 when my financial house completely collapsed. I lost my condo to foreclosure, lost my Jeep Liberty and every material possesion I owned.

i attempted suicide in Feb 2009 when I had to give away my daughters dogs - the most important part of her life. I survived, but barely.

My ex wife took complete advantage of my collapse and eliminated me from my children's lives. That made everything continually get worse. The feeling of loss was tremendous.

After 3 long years my Doctors finally have the right combination of drugs along with weekly therapy to control my depression, most of my ADHD and most of my anxiety.

My entire family has rejected me, along with my children and i am alone. All my social groups were destroyed by my collapse and I have virtually no support left.

I am hoping there are others in Philadelphia who suffer from ADHD, which I battle with every day, even medicated. I have excelllent mental health care, but the external life factors are making it very difficult for the medicine to completely control the symptons of each of my illnesses.

I hope to hear from some others who also suffer from Adhd who have suffered great loss as a result.

Ed CyrView Thread

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ADHD Behavior of a teenager

I have a 15-year-old that sleeps all day and plays videogames is distant and selfish. He takes med for ADHD what...

Posted by ganina

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where to start.

So ive come to the realization that my 7 year old daughter might have adhd. she shows all the symptoms. from...

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Do I have ADD?

Hi there, I'm an 18 year old female who recently graduated HS. I think I have ADD, but would like outside...

Posted by An_251090

Hi there, I'm an 18 year old female who recently graduated HS. I think I have ADD, but would like outside opinions before I do anything about my speculation.

First of all, I was never diagnosed a child. Throughout my childhood before I reached highschool, my parents and teachers never suspected anything like that in me. Then again, they may not have been looking and/or noticing the signs. The symptoms had only become obvious when I began highschool, and I can easily look back and see the signs.

Here's some examples:
Concentration . I'm awful at paying attention to things. Whether this is in class, at home, playing sports or anything. During class if my teacher was taking far too long to explain something or talking about things I thought were 'useless', I would stop paying attention and doodle mindlessly on paper, stare out windows or just get lost in my own little world. I would often miss a lot of what the teacher said. This also transpired into home life, it's virtually impossible for me to sit down and watch tv without getting up every few minutes. I also can't watch movies without getting up and walking around. I'm an avid computer game player but recently I've had trouble playing them for more than half an hour without getting bored.

Having said that, I'm also impatient. I get anxious, fidgety and annoyed when I have to wait too long for something. Waiting for something to load on my computer is agonising. I get angry and frustrated if it doesn't happen within minutes. During school if the teacher was taking too long to explain something, I'd get annoyed. When I'm waiting for things like important phones calls or for someone to come to my house, I can't do anything while I wait. I'm anxious, I pace around and don't concentrate on doing anything for longer than five minutes. I try to watch TV but end up getting up and doing something else.

I'm restless. I can't sit around, I gotta get up and do something all the time. I constantly tap my foot, shake my leg or tap my fingers while I'm sitting down. I can't handle being bored, it drives me insane and makes me more restless and impatient than anything in the world. Being bored also hinders my concentration even when I'm trying to do something interesting!
TL;DR I have symptoms of ADD that have become more prominent later in life.

Do you think I have ADD? Is this worth checking out, or am I seeing something in nothing? Advice, opinions and questions are all welcome!View Thread

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