Parents of Children with ADHD Support Group

I am a grown man sitting here crying while i read these post. The truth is most of everything i read is about my son. I am having a really bad week/weeks with him and i am like i said somewhere else at a breaking point thus the tears i think. I am emotionally tired i am physically drained and don't really know where to turn, that is why i found this group. It seems like everything i tell him not to do he does exactly the opposite. Just an example not a major problem but i had stopped the car i was standing outside of the car on the phone and i told him to get in the car and sit down so what does he do ......he gets out of the car and stands up EXACTLY the opposite. There are much worse cases of that behavior and i will catch up and tell more stories but right now i need someone to help me through this rough patch and talk me through some solutions. He is on 10 mg of focalin three times a day i have him active playing football and i have recently enrolled him in Imagine Schools hoping he will get more one on one attention from the teachers. It seems tha every step we take forward he walks back 4 steps it is very frustrating. I know he has trouble sleeping and he takes a sleep aid but he still gets up in the night and takes food back to his room and hides it then weeks later we find it ..........i understand he gets hungry at night and i tell him to sit at the table and eat but it is like he wants me to be mad at him WHAT DO I DO!!!!
Posted on 09/04/09, 02:09 pm