Almost 12 year old girl pooping pants

[Runner820]

We have had problems in the past with this but I thought by now it would have stopped. She wears pull ups to bed because she pees every night. Now the past two nights she is pooping her pull up. Her mother isn't in the picture really at all. She has been diagnosed with ADHD and mood disorder which this past month we took her off her stimulants and started a vitamin regiment and trying to control her ADHD with diet. I am not sure what is going on her because she doesn't even care she does it. Same with other things too like hair brushing or oral hygiene, appearance in general. She is negative all the time about herself. It's a very frustrating situation. I am the step mom and pretty much take care of her except on the weekends she goes to her grandparents because they helped raise her up to age 4 so they feel that she is "theirs" almost in a sense. Opinions would be great.

[Runner820]

Also I wanted to mention I have a medical background and also plan on being a personal trainer an want to continue school with nutrition and exercise to help children with some issues like depression and ADHD.

[Runner820]

I have read into different books and articles about certain things that can help her. I am reading The Ultramind Solution and it talks about how different difficencies in vitamins and minerals are the real cause of ADHD or being overloaded with toxins. Her dr is all on board with this. And she has pooped her pants before , this isn't the first time. Since she is almost 12 I thought this would be done by now. She claims her body doesn't give her any signal at all if she needs to pee or poop. We have been doing meds since she was 6 and all the therapies possible. It's time or something different because things were getting worse. Actually with her off her stimulant I feel that she is a little more complient with things. Before she was always angry at everything and cried 20-30 times a day. Definitely not exaggerating with this. Now we don't have as many outbreaks as we did before or as many back talks. She is almost off her abilify (he wanted her to stay on it for 30 more days). We are doing a magnesium/ b6 and other vitamins too. I want her to sit on the toilet certain times of day to get a routine but she doesn't want to. I am hoping she will listen to me on it though because I think it will help. Thanks so much for your opinion and information.

[Sandman2]

     It is possible that you may have overloaded her on vitamins and she is reacting to the change in diet.  These type of thing usually needs to be slowly introduced.
   Also kids with ADHD have a much higher percent of "accidents".  And that percentage goes way up when off meds.  Usually sticking to a very strict schedule is a way to help (this also helps with all phases of ADHD).
   I should also add that in the years I have been the CL on the ADHD forum I have not found any info on adding a particular food to helping with ADHD.  Though, I have seen some small results with Omega -3's.  However, there is a lot to be said for eliminating certain foods from your diet.  This can make a big difference.  Check out this links for simple solutions.

     http://www.medhelp.org/add-adhd/slideshows/9-Worst-Foods-for-ADD---Plus-1-That-Can-Help/20
    http://www.medhelp.org/add-adhd/slideshows/8-ADHD-Culprits-Lurking-in-Your-Home/21
   Finally, if you really want to try and use diet as the only way to deal with ADHD (not recommended by any professional material I have ever seen).  Then what you want to try is an elimination diet.  This kind of a diet will point out if food could be the cause.  It is a difficult diet to administer, but this link will at least give you more  information on it.
     http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/736871

   And, of course if diet is not the cause, then please post over on the ADHD forum and I have lots of other resources that can help.   And, by the way, her other symptoms are pretty normal for a child with ADHD - so you might want to look into what ADHD is and how it effects kids and how you can help them.  Best wishes!