• silverwhisper said on Jul 09, 2007....

  i agree that ADD is overdiagnosed and ritaling overprescribed. might i suggest a therapist who specializes in children, perhaps? does her temper manifest towards anything or anyone other than her younger brother?
  
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• boyzmom said on Jul 09, 2007....

  It's my 5 year old that gets aggressive with his 7 year old brother in my case. The school counselor could have suggestions that may be helpful. I sought help from a child psychologist and was ticked off when she seemed so nice at first and then started accusing me of treating him differently than his brother and said he was probably just depressed.
   
  The concern I would have if I were you, is that the school either doesn't see that she has special needs in the area of socializing with others which makes her get into trouble a lot or that they classify her as a special needs child and they treat her differently and the class starts teasing her. I would definitely work with the school and see if the problem is worse at home than at school. Other than that, just do what's best for your child, research ADD- some foods could be "triggers" for her and it could be anything from sweets to fish to red dye so you would really have to keep a diary of foods she eats and how she acts.
   
  My son can't handle blue dye, apple juice or milk. It doesn't make sense to anyone but it works to keep him away from those things as much as possible. Tuna calms him down- my cousin suggested I try that and it worked.

• secretlife said on Jul 09, 2007....

  i think you should work with the school too.  they see this kind of thing all the time and know the local therapists and doctors.  They can recommend a series of testing for ADD...i wouldn't just walk into a doctors office and let them prescribe for my kid and say he/she was ADD.  there are tests that lead up to this conclusion.
   
  i've heard ADD mis-diagnosed because of food sensitivities also.
   
   

• crystalapps said on Jul 09, 2007....

  Thank you all for your comments !
  As far as if she is like this at school, she has been a couple of times to others, she was being seen at school and they did put in her chart ( special needs but only as to learning) I have tried to take away any foods that contain alot of sugars and as far as eatting habbits she is very picky. The only food she wants is hot-dogs, grill cheese, peanut butter sandwiches and cereal ! I cook big meals nightly but i let them pick there own dinner one night a week and for the days my daughter doesn't get the above food mentioned she will not eat ! The doctor told me not to give in to her but i also don't want to see her go hungry , i have made an oppointment to have her tested for the A.D.D but everyone i speek to seems to tell me they will all agree that this is the problem !when you mentioned the part about if she was like this with the kids at school or just her brother i forgot to mention that she kicked my oldest daughter (12 yrs) front tooth out of her mouth !She just constantly runs around here screaming and yelling at her brother and sister and my oldest daughter now lives with her dad ! I will try some of the advice you all gave and see if it helps because its hard to see her so angry and not know whats causing it !The tuna thing i will try aswell but she will probably just look at!
  But anyways i really want to thank you for your advice and will try everything !

• silverwhisper said on Jul 10, 2007....

  i was going to ask about how much sugar she gets.
  
  are you strict about getting her to eat? is there an unusual amount of stress in your home? i'm wondering if this isn't a reaction to something she isn't happy about and doesn't know how to express due to her youth.
  
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• crystalapps said on Jul 10, 2007....

  To Silverwhisper
   
  I try and been stricked with her about her food but this little girl is so stubbern its awfull ! I try and get her to eat meat because she is starting to get that purple look around her eyes ,but i have also started to give her Iron pills which the doctor told me to do ! She will eat alittle chicken but anything else is a pure fight ! We have a great home life  and she is always drawing pictures of all of us and when she was in school all her pic's were about us and the things we do or where we go,and she goes with out nothing, her and her brother get treated the same with no favortism ,so it just mind freeks me that one little girl can be so mean and hurtful to others ! When she doesn't get her own way she starts throwing things, slamming doors etc....... she's wild ! My husband thinks its funny and calls her Rocky  which doesn't help any ! But i am taking her to get seen to see if we can come up with a solution because it has to stop or atleast calm down ! I will let you know what they say if your interested in knowing !
  By for now

• silverwhisper said on Jul 11, 2007....

  please do update us on what happens, crystal. i was a bad eater as a kid and in my case i was just being willful.
  
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