Hi just hoping someone can point me in the right direction, my son is now 10 years old, since he was about 6 years old we've had trouble with his behaviour, he can be as nice as anything one minute and flying into a rage the next, he never seems to be able to concentrate for a long period of time and when he does (usually a computer game or catoon he likes) he fidgets constantly, he gets bored easily and flits from one thing to another and can't seem to play quietly, he is argumentative and rude to both adults and other children, he kicks and punches out at people for no apparent reason and when asked about why he did something unacceptable his only answer is a shrug of his shoulders or 'I don't know' He lies a lot and has been caught stealing from us too.. both money and other items. He can have days where he seems quite calm and well behaved although he is still fidgety and gets easily bored or distracted. Since he returned back to school we have had to collect him early 4 times due to his behaviour, he has hit a teacher, smashed a window, run away from teachers and hidden, swore very profusely and has no explanation as to why he is doing any of it.

He has now been suspended from school for 2 days. We have tried everything, talking to him, punishments such as loosing priveleges, grounding to his room etc but nothing seems to work.

Please can anyone tell me if he is showing signs of ADHD or is he just being a little monster for want of a better description. We have 4 other children in the family 3 of which are older and never displayed any behaviour that was even close to this.

Sorry if I'm rambling on but I'm at my wits end, his behaviour is effecting the whole family and I really don't know what to do....