ADHD / ADD Support Group
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) are more common than you might think. It is a syndrome that exhibits symptoms such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, mood shifts, poor impulse control, and distractibility. Join others who suffer from these conditions and share your experiences.
Does anyone else have a child who stutters? The doctor says it's the ADHD and too much Dopamine. So we give my son (he's 8) 2.5mg of Zyprexa a day. It has helped a little, but it's still definitely there. He's getting teased at school for it. The kids call him stupid or they just think he's weird. None of them really have the patience to wait around and find out what he is trying to say, so they play on without him. Even the teachers finish his sentences for him for the same reasons. He has no friends and the cub scout den barely puts up with him. He still cries a lot and is very sensitive to what the other kids say and do. I'd like to do something about the stuttering.
Also, has anyone figured out how to get an ADHD kid to stay on task without yelling at him/her? Sometimes I can really be the Mom from hell and I hate it. Any bit of input would be nice. Thanks.
Also, has anyone figured out how to get an ADHD kid to stay on task without yelling at him/her? Sometimes I can really be the Mom from hell and I hate it. Any bit of input would be nice. Thanks.
Have the school set up a program for his ADHD that will give him less homework. It helps if you sit down with him and work together on what homework he does have. Its hard to find time to do that, but it also takes a lot of time to keep reminding him to get back to work and its more stressful that way.
When my wife was a child she started stuttering when she was forced to change from being left handed to right handed. When they gave up and let her be left handed again and sent her to speech therapy class she stopped stuttering. I have seen some balancing exercises to help ADHD people to connect different parts of their brains better, maybe that would help. I think they were in Dr. Hallowell's book "Super Parenting ADD"
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space out paragraphs, this will help him not get bored with a whole pile of words in front of him....
8yrs old huh....perhaps no yelling at all...talk quieter in his direction though, so he will want to hear you.
Ask one thing to his answer
too many questions will only feel like an explosion ( im an adult adhd) if i ask some one for directions,
i will take it on board,but will only remember the first 2 perhaps,the ask someone else..
sounds weird,
but a lot goes on inside an 8yr old s head too.
Try to be patient,feeling loved is very important.
research on it, print out stuff,and direct it to the principle of the school.
If you dont get results within a week, write to the education board and plead that ADHD ADD needs to be recognised in schools.
will stop here, i wish you all the best for your Son.
You can also get help from the Stuttering Foundation of America:
http://www.stutteringhelp.org/