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pigtails74

posted 10/11/2008, comments (4)

Toddler concerns

Hi, I am having a very, very difficult time with my 2 1/2 year old son. I know everybody is telling me he is just a little boy, but I am having the worst time with him. We had a catholic wedding we were invited to, his father was best man. I brought books, crayons, coloring books, puzzles, light up sticks, cards and... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/06/2008, comments (2)

Homeschool Dad with ADD

My husband is a homeschool dad of our 4 children (ages 8,7,4,2). I am trying to understand what safety and other concerns (lack of consistent discipline, social) that I need to be aware of. We have had some safety issues in the past.

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posted 09/30/2008, comments (7)

Parenting an Asperger's child

I have two sons, aged 13 and 9. My eldest was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of five, began taking Concerta, and responded wonderfully. Then at the age of 10, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Again, he responded wonderfully to the medication (Lamictal and Rimeron). My youngest is a totally different story. At... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/23/2008, comments (0)

To Debbie Phelps

My son was diagnosed at a very early age with ADHD. He has been well controlled with medication (concerta). Now that he is 14 we had been able to reduce his medication, but then he went off of it completely - mostly to please his father who "doesn't believe" in ADHD and doesn't want his son taking pills. I still think he needs... Read more Chevron

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Stacy

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I'm a mom of a 10 year old with ADHD & Bipolar.

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posted 09/17/2008, comments (2)

Growth with ADHD meds.

This is for people that have small children just starting out on ADHD & ADD meds. If your child takes these meds for a long period of time it will stunt the growth of your child. When their real young, about 2-3, this will have a great effect on them. No one let me know that it would do this to my daughter. She's 10... Read more Chevron

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