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sd age 6 out of control

wesleysmommy09's picture

my step daughter age 6 has adhd shes currently taking adderall 10mg well shes not listening,stealing,cussing,back talking,lying,hitting and throwing temper tatrums when we ask her a question any question even as easy as how was your day shes just stares at us and plays with her fingers or just keeps saying umm to where i cant stand that word shes stealing it started out with just candy now its credit cards insurance cards money jewlary clothes we have tried talking to her about it we have tried asking her why and how would she feel if it happened to her and she just stares and says ummm she will cuss at us and tell us what shes going to do and not do shes lying about everything like one day she told her grandparents that me and her dad punched her in the face we never ever touch her like that we giver her a hug and kiss thats it but b4 she told them that she kept grabbing her face hard to make it red so it would llook like someone had hit her shes hitting and pushing kids shes even tried stabbing a kid with a pencil and scissors she punches my son she punched me in the stomach when i was pregnant we can ask her to pick up her toys and she wont we can ask her to come inside and she wont i need help on what should i do i have heart problems and when i had her while her dad was at work i had to take my stress med everyday since shes been gone i havent had to take it so what does that say i just dont know what to do i know its not jealousy because she was acting like this before i got pregnant she was acting somewhat like this when her mom and dad were together so its not the divorice either shes got kicked out of 4 daycares and came an inch away from being expelled from kindergarden someone PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wesleysmommy09's picture

we have also tried time outs standing in corner sit in room take toys away no friends meaning she cant go or they cant come over no tv no movies no games nothing is working

Pantera's picture

Who diagnosed her with ADHD? There could be a few things with this scenario. She could be on the wrong dose of medicine, she doesn't have ADHD and they are wrongly medicating her, or she is having side affects from the medicine that are making her act out more. If the medicine doesn't work for ADHD, it probably isn't ADHD. I would first check the dose and medicine, I would also get her into therapy. Therapy is good for kids with ADHD as well. SS10 has ADHD, he was on Concerta first and had really bad side affects. He is now on Adderall and we have had to play with the doses to get it right.

wesleysmommy09's picture

when she first got on adderall 10mg it started working her bm said shes not changing it that we have to deal with it her bm doesnt know how she acts cause she always pawns her off its court ordered that the bm is responsable for taking the child to the dr i just dont know what to do i really dont want my son anywhere near her oh and some dr the bm works with diagnosed her

Pantera's picture

It may be court ordered that BM is responsible for taking SD to the doctors but I don't think that means that DH CANT take her. Does anyone think that maybe SD is acting out because she isn't getting enough attention from BM? I think your DH needs to take her to a psychiatrist and SD may need to get some therapy on top of medication. If worst comes to worst, DH should take SD to the doctor that BM takes her to to tell them that the medication isn't working.