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Q: My son is 6 years old, when he dont get his own way he turns violent and throws things at you and wants to hurt you is this a form of adh

One violent outburst lasted 4 hrs the other day and continued in the morning. He also swears and spits at people when things dont go right for him, he steals stuff from our rooms even when they are locked nothing stops him. His also learnt how to open the safety windows and he leans out of them weve told him how dangerous it is but he dont take it in. Me and my partner are so worried his going to fall out. He lies about going out you say no and he says thanks, we bought a trampoline but he never goes out the back and when his grounded you say you can go out the back and he climbs on the shed or climbs over the gate where there is a main road his done road safety at school but he still lets go of my hand and dont listen. He has no sense of danger either, he climbs the banaster he does tricks off it. A new thing he does now, is climbs out the front window early in the morning and we are all asleep and he knocks for people, we have looked into locking them but they are fire safty windows. He has a thing about shoes and socks aswell, his nieve if someone says jump he will, He locked me out the other day and he was laughing at me, in the end my neighbour got him to let me in. Please help us to establish what this behavior is as we are not getting anywhere with anyone else I feel we are stepping on eggshells with him, always wants to be in control when his playing tells people what to do and is very bossy and finds it hard to keep friends for long, talks loud and for long periods of time, his hyper all the time and never seems to be able to sleep. Copies his sister alot always wants what she has and turns violent when he does'nt get it. This is also what happens at school and in September he is starting a nurturing group which is through his other school as his been excluded every term for the last 3 years. We are at our wits end thanks. This has been going on for at least since he was 2 just been getting worse. 

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Eileen Bailey, Health Guide
8/29/10 9:21am

Thanks for your question and welcome to ADHDCentral.com.

 

I am not a medical professional and would not be able to give you a diagnosis or medical advice.

 

I am sorry you are having such a hard time with your son. Symptoms of ADHD do not include violence or wanting to hurt people. Some children with ADHD might act this way impulsively, but it is the impulsiveness that is the symptom, not the violence.

 

You don't mention whether you have had your son evaluated by a psychiatrist for ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Conduct Disorder.

 

I would highly suggest taking your son to a psychiatrist to ask for a complete evaluation as it sounds like his behavior is a danger to himself and to others.

 

For more information:

 

ADHD and Conduct Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

 

Eileen

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