tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478470125662290860.post485529793088241169..comments2024-02-24T03:54:55.435-05:00Comments on SUE'S ESCAPE FROM CANCERLAND: ADHDSue in Italia/In the Land Of Cancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146373251097877539noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478470125662290860.post-87704572162583712052016-08-25T17:12:34.618-04:002016-08-25T17:12:34.618-04:00Thanks for all your input. Maya is already a skele...Thanks for all your input. Maya is already a skeleton. She has a hearty appetite but is in constant motion, even while asleep, she burns calories faster than she can shovel food in. At what age did your boys take medications Lisa? How old are the boys now? I am glad they are fine.Sue in Italia/In the Land Of Cancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146373251097877539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478470125662290860.post-43542066356996504312016-08-25T11:45:01.682-04:002016-08-25T11:45:01.682-04:00I feel for Naomi. It's frustrating to have her...I feel for Naomi. It's frustrating to have her knowledge as a mother that something is not right dismissed by someone who is only checking boxes. As a mother of 2 ADHD children, I know that medications help, but they also come with side effects. I was giving my boys medicines to help them concentrate and then plying them full of sugar to try to keep them from looking like skeletons. Then I'd have to give them medications to let them sleep. BTW, weird sleep positions and habits are a part of ADHD. The brain does not become ordered because it is asleep. There are behavioral interventions, but they mostly consist of a caregiver enforcing structure and order. Once the caregiver is removed the child's inner chaos takes back over. At home, I could enforce one toy at a time, put the toy away before another could be taken out. One book at a time, don't read for more than 5 minutes. The book must be put away before another one could come out. One crayon at a time. And so on. But at school, the teacher didn't have the resourses to sit on my child. To be honest, it was exhausting to me. I wasn't all that successful at it. My kids came out fine. Naomi needs to keep pushing, but that can be exhausting in itself.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478470125662290860.post-61368135698453954542016-08-25T00:13:58.424-04:002016-08-25T00:13:58.424-04:00It looks as if she wears herself down (eventually)...It looks as if she wears herself down (eventually). As I suspect she wears down the people around her.<br />I hope you get some sensible answers soon.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478470125662290860.post-37229386567553192622016-08-24T19:14:00.343-04:002016-08-24T19:14:00.343-04:00I think Naomi should push back on this. Just becau...I think Naomi should push back on this. Just because some intervention (pharmaceutical, behavioral, or whatever) for possible ADHD is begun, it doesn't mean it has to be continued if it doesn't seem to help. I feel like we wait to long to address things now until kids are sure they're failures and have lost confidence, then say "well maybe there really is something going on". EileenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com