[momgonecrazy]

I have a son that has ADHD and has a problem with his immpulsiveness. It has become an increasing problem for the family and at school. A combination between his anger and immplusiveness is hard to deal with and nothing seems to be working as a discipline. Anyone have any suggestions on what I could do?

[birdcrazy]

I was like that as a little kid, and honestly, nobody could discipline me very well cause I didn't understand what I was doing wrong.

Why was I punished for getting mad at someone that was mean to me? (I didn't understand I got way to angry)

Why was I punished because I knew the answer to a question? (I was impulsive and interrupted the teacher and didn't raise my hand)

You can look up books on this, like know there are parenting books for rage-filled children and ADHD children, though I bet there are forum members here with better tips than me.

[Sabrina]

I found this resource very helpful.

http://www.adhdnews.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=1

[jthewright1]

I just found out my 7 yr old son has ADHD w/o ODD. We went the first year of school struggling with simple task that he performed in Head Start. The Teacher recommended he get tested. I thought about it and disregarded the request because he pulled it together and passed to the next grade. This year is a whole different story. It takes 3 hours to get 10 simple homework questions completed. His Teacher this year recommended testing again. I took him to the PDr. He took the information that I kept like his report card, school journal with Teachers remarks, questionaire that the school counselor sent home. The Dr. put him on Vyvanse. This is our third day doing the meds. The first day my son was so focused on cleaning the bathroom, washing all the bottles off over and over, then he sat with a hand towel that he was going to hang up for an hour, Dad took the towel away and my son started bawling. He his not emotional like that at all. He was very quiet, which is not like him at all. I asked him how he felt, he said, "I feel like a nice normal person". The second day it seemed like the meds didn't work at all. We will see what today will bring. I am really new at this and I feel really weird about putting him on meds it seem like I am using this as a quick fix, but I don't want him to fail in life and I could of helped him. So confused....