My son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 5 yrs old he is now 18 and a high school graduate although he only graduated by the skin of his teeth so to speak. It has been a really rough 13 years we have gone through as he was also diagnosed with other things besides the ADHD. He also has ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder, Scocio-Affective Disorder, <--- not sure if spelled correctly sry. Among others I can't even remember anymore. He has been on all different kinds of medication none of which worked for him. When he turned 15 we had a homebased program coming in for therapy for him and they told him that since he was 15 if he refused there services they would no longer be able to help him so that is what he did and they stopped coming and he stopped taking his meds and also stopped going through any type of Mental Health Treatment. I myself am on an anti-depressant called effexor and i take trazadone to help me sleep plus i take topomax for migraines and also ibuprophen for osteoarthritis in my back and i also suffer from anxiety attacks. My daughter takes zoloft for depression. Depression runs rampant in my family as well as other mental health illnesses as well as his fathers family. Now that he has turned 18 im affraid they will take him off disability but i know he isnt able to do much of anything in the workforce as he doesnt make friends easily and when he does they are way below his age level. His concentration isnt what it should be as just recently he was trying to make a wooden box for his games and cut himself right down through the tendon at 85% to where they have to do surgery to repair the damage or him risk losing mobility in his thumb completely. He is unable to live on his own without assistance as he cant get around without someone going with him and making sure he gets back or he would get lost. Well that is all i can think of right now. If anyone has any advice for me im all ears id appreciate anything you throw at me. Thanks.
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