My ADHD son is 8 years old. Trying to help him with his homework has become a nightmarish experience. He is belligerent, moody, argumentative and tearful from the start. And it is easy, revision type work. I find myself becoming overly frustrated with him when he cannot read a single sentence without scratching, coughing, looking up, looking down, talking about something quite unrelated - I could go on. When I patiently and calmly tell him to go back to reading his becomes tearful and cheeky. Reading one page can take up to 2 hours.

I ensure he eats a high protein snack before his homework and I always allow him a short break if it is evident we are going nowhere.

I guess I am just frustrated as today when trying to do the 2x multiplication table which he knew off by heart last year - he starts crying and says he can't do it and simply gives up.

He has been tested as having a superior IQ.

I am tired and exhausted. I can't even imagine how my poor son must be feeling.

He does not take medication specifically for homework as he is medicated for school.

I have books and books on handling an ADHD child but I still feel as though I am slamming my head into a concrete wall.