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ADHD & OCD behavior issues

Jennifer - posted on 02/22/2010 ( 1 mom has responded )

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My 7 year old daughter has been diagnosed with motor tics since she was 4. Her neurologist has since diagnosed her with ADHD and OCD. She is on Clonodine for her tics and is being controlled. My concern is her behavior. She is a VERY smart girl. Her teacher said she is advanced in her readind skills and doeas well with the threst of her lessons. She is having difficulty in school with staying on task and attentiveness. At home she is extremely hyper, needs to be told repeatedly to do everyday things (put yout coat away, get dressed,etc..) has been caught lying to us, when I try to reprimand her she laughs at me. I just don't know where to go next.

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Angela - posted on 04/06/2010

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hi there ... i too have a now 12 year old daughter that has ADHD and OCD and they are looking at the possiblity of Bi-Polar as well ... my daughter went through many different things over the years as many medications as well ... i am happy to say that right now she is on no meds .. that is not to say that things are perfect it is a constant struggle for her and for me .. but i thought i would share with you a couple of the things that i did ... i don't know if they have anything to do with her not being on meds anymore but hey .. i was willing to try just about anything at the time ... when my daughter first went on meds i spent a great deal of timetalking to her about ADHD and OCD so that she knew what they were and what effects they were having on her ... i also spent a great deal of time making sure she knew about her medications and how they would help her ... i spoke frankly with all of her teacher in the first 2 weeks of school every year so that they all knew exactly what to expect and keeping in close contact with them i was able to form a plan with the teachers that allowed her to be more successful ... such things as giving her 5 mins to get up and go to the bathroom at times when she would become figity often allowed her to be more successful at her work ... i also had the teachers shorten the amount of work she was to do ie: every other math question ... that way the teacher could see that she understood what she was doing but she didn't become frustrated or as distracted... at home i scheduled out everything routine for her on a chart so that the reminder was to check her chart ... this resulted in a lot less frustration as i didn't have to nag her for every little thing ... it also gave her stucture and she knew what the expectatioins were ... patience is a virtue ... but i understand all too well how it can be tested to the very limit ... what i can say is that you have to find ways to limit how much frustration you have ... i hope this helps ... please feel free to contact me by email anytime for an understanding shoulder to lean on toogiebug@bell.net

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