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worried 8 yr. old
My young son was diagnosed with ADHD about 2 years ago. He was on meds. for awhile and we stopped using them as we are self pay. He did fine till about January of this year. He was put back on Adderral 3 weeks ago. We have tryed 4 other meds. and they all gave him a racing heart etc...
To start with he was aggressive and hyper. Couldn't even sit at the supper table all the way on his chair. Got up and went from one foot to the other, sat down and on and on. Also he was very preoccupied with the end of the world & hell. He couldn't even get to sleep at night! We talked to him and still he had so many questions that we couldn't answer them all. This went on for a couple of months every night and several times during the day. When it wasn't that it was playing hunt on the computer of going fishing. Finally I took him back to his doc. who is specilized in adult and children ADD/ADHD. He put him back on 5 mg. adderral. He went back to school and got into trouble with the teacher for refusing to do ANYTHING she said. We had noticed the same extreme stuborness at home. So the doc put him up to 10 mg. Much better but very agrumentive in the mornings and mean in the afternoons. So now he was given a fast and short acting adderall for the morning and afternoon. Much better. But he still gets one thing in his head and can't get it out. First it was drawing traps to trap a raccoon. Now it is taking anything apart. He wants to take an engine apart. He's gonna make his own motorbike. Go to the junk yard and get and old car engine and put it on his bike. When we told him it wouldn't work he gets to talking about what else would work. NON STOP. Now tonight he came and layed down on our bedroom floor. He is sleeping and I woke up. He was talking in his sleep. I heard. " Do you hear that? Angels! Drop!! " So it makes me think that he is still obsessed about all that yet to but just stopped talking about it as we told him not to worry and to try to turn it off and think about something else. I know this is long winded but please bear with me...I am at my wits end!
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I forgot that when he was 5 his 3 yr old cousin was killed in an accident. He was very interested in all that and wanted to see him in the casket alot. He had alot of questions all of which I thought where answered. He hasn't asked any more for years about him. About a month ago a 65 yr. old friend died of stomache cancerand he only talked about that a little. It was like he understood he was in a better place so nothing to worry about. The another close friend who is older yet, found out his cancer may be back and a ols lady we are aquatid with who has stomche cancer and also there was an article in the newpaper a week ago about a five year old who has a rare kind of cancer and he is doing super good. My son has worried now he might get cancer and die to. He even was crying. I thought we talked thru that one to, even tho it still has come up maybe once in 2 days.
To start with he was aggressive and hyper. Couldn't even sit at the supper table all the way on his chair. Got up and went from one foot to the other, sat down and on and on. Also he was very preoccupied with the end of the world & hell. He couldn't even get to sleep at night! We talked to him and still he had so many questions that we couldn't answer them all. This went on for a couple of months every night and several times during the day. When it wasn't that it was playing hunt on the computer of going fishing. Finally I took him back to his doc. who is specilized in adult and children ADD/ADHD. He put him back on 5 mg. adderral. He went back to school and got into trouble with the teacher for refusing to do ANYTHING she said. We had noticed the same extreme stuborness at home. So the doc put him up to 10 mg. Much better but very agrumentive in the mornings and mean in the afternoons. So now he was given a fast and short acting adderall for the morning and afternoon. Much better. But he still gets one thing in his head and can't get it out. First it was drawing traps to trap a raccoon. Now it is taking anything apart. He wants to take an engine apart. He's gonna make his own motorbike. Go to the junk yard and get and old car engine and put it on his bike. When we told him it wouldn't work he gets to talking about what else would work. NON STOP. Now tonight he came and layed down on our bedroom floor. He is sleeping and I woke up. He was talking in his sleep. I heard. " Do you hear that? Angels! Drop!! " So it makes me think that he is still obsessed about all that yet to but just stopped talking about it as we told him not to worry and to try to turn it off and think about something else. I know this is long winded but please bear with me...I am at my wits end!
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I forgot that when he was 5 his 3 yr old cousin was killed in an accident. He was very interested in all that and wanted to see him in the casket alot. He had alot of questions all of which I thought where answered. He hasn't asked any more for years about him. About a month ago a 65 yr. old friend died of stomache cancerand he only talked about that a little. It was like he understood he was in a better place so nothing to worry about. The another close friend who is older yet, found out his cancer may be back and a ols lady we are aquatid with who has stomche cancer and also there was an article in the newpaper a week ago about a five year old who has a rare kind of cancer and he is doing super good. My son has worried now he might get cancer and die to. He even was crying. I thought we talked thru that one to, even tho it still has come up maybe once in 2 days.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. We are not alone! I am having a rough morning with trying to figure out what else to try. Thank you!
It sounds like your son has some anxiety surrounding medical issues and death. My son does too-- and we take him to couseling for these issues, so that he can express them and discuss them, and so that we can learn what to do to help him.
As far as the getting in one thing and can't get it out-- that's something that I have read is relatively typical of ADHD children. They "hyperfocus" on something and it just stays with them. My son gets this way about his games-- he will pick one game and want to play it ALL the time, then move on to another one.
Overall, if his medication is working well, which it sounds like it is, then you might just want to investigate some supplemental counseling for him to deal with anxiety and/or any other feelings he might be having.
As far as the getting in one thing and can't get it out-- that's something that I have read is relatively typical of ADHD children. They "hyperfocus" on something and it just stays with them. My son gets this way about his games-- he will pick one game and want to play it ALL the time, then move on to another one.
Overall, if his medication is working well, which it sounds like it is, then you might just want to investigate some supplemental counseling for him to deal with anxiety and/or any other feelings he might be having.
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