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Originally posted by wyldblyss
Well, here goes. My pediatrian, someone who I respect very much was strongly against drugs for children for this disorder unless there were extreme circumstances and they were older.
Please don't hate me here....but he believed...and I do also...that the problem most of the time is a behavior problem and also the need to be more active.
I have to admit my son was spoiled although at the time I did not want to admit it. I worked on that and I also made sure that he got plenty of exercise.
No, he was not perfect, and yes there were problems along the way. The end result though is that he learned to control his behavior, he learned to cope and he did so without drugs. He is a teen now and doing very well in school, he is very well behaved and I am glad that we pulled together as a family and found a way to do it without drugs.
I would recommend talking to someone about natural remedies, giving him plenty of exercise and also being firm about unacceptable behavior.
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wyldblyss I would never be offended or mad at somone offering advice even if it was right or wrong.. I agree I dont really want my kid on drugs and at 5 but damn talking to the school the doc's seeing it living it being single and no help from their mom I broke down and gave in after it was confirmed by his doc and ONLY REASON I Felt comfy from this doc she told me her daughter is adhd and went through this.. I regret very much that my baby had to go through what he did yesterday it tears me up..
Hell I HAVE not eaten one piece of food today at all which is NOT NORMAL the thought of food is making me sick to my tummy my head is spinning and hurts I've freaking basicly stoped my life Monday when I decided to take him to the docs Tue.. I am so damn down on myself right now all the times I've yelled, cussed, spanked smacked my baby and now I find out he may have had NO controll over this and dont know better..
The thought of having a kid with a mental problem is bothering the hell out of me I know there is a lot worse that could of happen, he could be dead, or any number of worse things that kids go through.. My mom keeps telling me leave it in the past maybe tomorrow I will wake up different feeling but right now all I keep harping on and thinking about is everytime I've yelled and spanked him for being bad.. Me losing my temper from stress taking it out on him don't get me wrong never abused my kids but what if instead of me yelling or spanking him if I knew about this when it was happing if I would of just talked or had him on a reward program anything but yelling..
from the things ive read yelling and spanking is the worse thing you can do to a child that is adhd it makes it worse and I wonder if I MADE HIM WORSE.. Grant it he is only 5 but kids NEVER forget I dont want to be the one that caused him low self esteme shit like that grrrr I really really hope when I do wake up tomorrow I will feel different. This is really flooring the hell out of me. I can deal with things that happen to me but when it comes to my kids jezz sorry for blabbering its 1034 have to be up at 5 to get my oldest to school so going to call it a night.
I've said it all day and I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart THANK You each and everyone that has given me their input, given me their good luck sorry to hear this I really don't know what I would of done today if I didn't come to gfy and let it out via typing and viewing responses from everyone.
Like I said first thing in the morning I will find another doc that knows this in and out and will explain everything in depth. Maybe me and Anthony will get lucky maybe he don't have it maybe its something else *shrugs* wish there was like a blood test or xray you can get to know that a child does have this and they are 100% sure..
You all have a great night and hug ya kids
Tom