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| Wed, 08-09-2006 - 6:02pm |
Hi, I have a 9 year old son who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 2, and was on every kind of medicine the dr could find to put him on. After years of medication failure and he was suspended from school in 1st grade, I switched dr.'s and got an accurate diagnoses of Bipolar NOS. He has been on a couple of different medications and there is a huge difference now with the right diagnosis and and right medication in addition to the ADHD medication we have a somewhat "normal" child. He is taking Risperdal - 1 mg at night, Trileptal 300 mg morning; 600 mg at night, and Strattera 25mg in morning. This regiment is going pretty well, but I sware some days I am going to sell him on e-bay! My question is, is there anything else that I could be doing as a parent to help him, especially since school is starting up in a couple of weeks and I want this year to be good for him especially since he is going to start going through the whole puburty thing.
Sorry for just yacking away
~Alisha~
Sorry for just yacking away
~Alisha~

Hi Alisha and welcome to our board. It sounds like you're doing all the right things. The best advice I can give you is to continue to monitor him and be supportive of him. In addition to me having bp, my dd16 has it also and as a parent it's the devil watching your child go through it, but other than being supportive most of the time I'm at a loss. I just have to watch and be there for her when she needs me and be in tune to problems that she may not bring to me but need attention by her tdoc or pdoc.
Hope this helps. Please post as often as you want. We are a very supportive group and look forward to getting to know you.
Hugs,
Traci
Hi and Welcome to the board !!
I would suggest keeping him on a strict schedule.
God could not be everywhere, so
Alisha, hello! My son, 15, almost 16, is also adhd/bp. He was dxed at 3, but we knew something was up with him as early as 1. He was also medicated...for about 5 years...it took my child who could not sit still for ONE LITERAL MINUTE to a point where he made it through elementary school. When he went to 6th grade, middle school, he came off meds, pretty successfully...I would prefer he be on them, at times, for the concentration issues, and he talks to his friends WAY too much...but I left it up to him.
Now, we're going into 10th grade and I wouldn't think of medicating him right now. He did grow out of a lot of it, as he matured through puberty...he still presents symptoms, but has learned how to manage it.
You're doing EVERYTHING you can, and that's all you need to do. Just pay attention to his grades, his behavior with friends and in school. Keeping in tune with him is all you can do at this point.
Welcome!
Keli
Thank you all for your reply's and thoughts. I have him on a kinda strict schedule of the eating times, because he skips breakfast and lunch and then eats dinner and then just before bed he wants to engorge in food. I have cut that out (only lasted 2 days) and he now gets the 3 meals and that is it. If he is still hungry he gets a banana or apple. As for noticing how he acts with the different foods, well he dont eat a variety of foods. He is a vegetarian, and a picky eater on top of that. Like he wont eat potatoes, or any of the vegie burgers or things that even resemble meat. He does get alot of excerise, we just bought a trampoline about 2 months ago and he is on it every day (best investment that we ever got!! Should of gotten it sooner) He is also on his bike alot and wants to be in the X games when he grows up. He likes to do very dangerous tricks on his bike and I hate the fact of him doing some of the tricks, for I know that the another trip to the E.R is just around the corner! I have noticed that if he has any soda, he is out of control! He has busted peoples windows, and glass figurines that they have decorating there outside of their house. Why? Because he likes the sound of glass breaking. He is had stitches 3 times and broken his right arm in two different spots ( he was jumping down the stairs and because he made it from 4 stirs lets see if 6, needless to say he missed the bottom hit the stairs and broke his arm in the shape of a stair, wrist broken up and middle of arm down) He has broken his sisters nose, and constantly hits his little step-brothers because "there making him mad." He has been in a fist fight with his best friend.. I could go on... But this last year he seems to be improving now that we switched his medicine to what I listed previously. He still hits his step-brothers and tells me he hates me, and raises his hand to hit his step dad, but I think that is more when he is in his manic stage for he isnt following through with hitting his step-dad, and he doesnt hit his step-brothers as much as he used to.
As for the school year, Thank You for the GREAT ideas of putting him in the front of class and away from windows and doors, because last year all we did was put him near the front but the teachers always had him by the door. So I spent alot of time in the principals office. He does have an IEP, and I will make sure that the window's and doors thing is put in effect! He likes to do flips off his desk and 360's off his desk and stuff. So on top of the Bipolar/ADHD he is the class clown.
O and I was wondering if anyone had any advise as to what to do, for I am 10 weeks preg and yes he does have a 7 yr old sister and two step brothers but, now mommy is having another baby and I am scared he will react badly because he is used to just us. Now where I will have a new baby that will take up alot of time I dont want him to be resentful or that towards the new baby or anyone.
Okay I have rambled on and on and on
Thanks Again!!
Alisha
Alisha,
Afraid I've no experience in dealing with children & BP/ADHD, but just wanted to say welcome to the board!
Marci