[Luke+Dawn]

HELP!!!
I just don't know what to do with him anymore.. He is 9 years old and takes medicine for ADHD.

He is a chronic liar...among other things but the lying seems to be the cause of all the other arguments.

He lies about everything..then when he is questioned and confronted, he lashes out screaming and yelling. We have discussed honesty and modeled the behavior for him. The consequences do not bother him. The yelling just continues.

As a manipulation, he yells about not being loved and why did we 'bother' adopting him. It's very hurtful but we try not to react because he wants the attention for saying such things.

He is stealing things at school. He had detention last week for that...he fights on the school bus, too.

He destroys his belongings. He is still very oral as he puts non food items in his mouth (blanket, coat zipper, robe ties,etc. Negative for pica.

He sees a child psychologist weekly and he is working with him. Every day is a struggle. He fights for total control of everyone and everything.

[Clovely]

I don't know if this is something you would be interested in looking into, but I know some people who have used essential oils for their kids with ADHD and have seen amazing results. I don't know about other essential oil companies, but I use doTERRA oils and apparently the In Tune oil has worked really well for quite a lot of people. Just thought I'd throw that out there... It's the only advice I have for ADHD and behavioral problems.

[Clovely]

I'm not trying to advertise doTERRA oils, In Tune is just an oil that doTERRA exclusively has (that I'm aware of). Just wanted to specify that.

[Rue5LX]

Does he have RAD?

[murphymalone]

Is he taking Ritalin or a derivative?

[kochanie]

Have you considered PTSD? Your son sounds exactly like mine. My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and ODD in the past. I finally took him to get trauma specific therapy and the intake worker said that his symptoms sound more like PTSD than anything else. His psychiatrist and psychologist both agreed. His psychiatrist said that in MOST kids, but not all, ADHD medications will not work with PTSD, and chances are, they will bring out more anger and aggression. She said that sometimes they will put them on antidepressants instead. She had said that PTSD has the same symptoms as ADHD in children. He has his second appointment with the doctor this Wednesday. He has been seeing his new therapist for about a month now. I have seen a slight change in his behavior. Although, he had revealed to me just a couple months ago that his father molested him. So, his anger has been on a rollercoaster ride. I would check into PTSD though.