Monday, 25 July 2016

I believe my toddler has ADHD or ADD. I'm getting to where I can't handle her. What do I do? She's almost 3.


From when she wakes up to when she goes down to sleep she is bouncing off the walls. For a while I thought it was normal, why wouldn't I. But my daughter has not been around many children, nor have I, so I had nothing to compare to. I've been really trying to get her around other kids and get her ready for school so we have been going out more.Last night was the worst night I have ever had with her. We were trying to shop and get groceries, we really needed them or I would have just left the store when she started the tantrums. She didn't want to sit in the cart, so I say fine help me push. That worked for .2 seconds and then she wants to walk. I say ok but hold the cart. That does not work. For the next 30 mins I was chasing her around the store. At one point she was next to me as we were leaving and then just darted off and ended up in the security room of the store!!! I was so embarrassed, I broke down crying right then.I can't handle her. At the store I'd give her a small toy to distract her, it works for maybe a minute but then she sees a picture of a cat on an item. Lingers, then oh there is some shiny things over there, she's going to run at full speed toward them.It has never been as bad as last night. I told my husband that I am never taking her with me by myself until she can act better. Well that almost started a fight because I told him that I wanted her to see a child psychologist to see if she had ADD and he just said "NO', and went to bed.I don't know what to do, I have a chronic illness that keeps me in pain most of the day and she is so hard to keep up with. I never ever thought Id be one to say I would be ok with medicating a so-called "ADD" child, because at the time I thought the parents were over reacting. But now, I would give anything to calm her down. I often break down and cry when we are in public because I just can't control her hyperactivity and then her temper when I do try to control it. I can't handle it, I don't know what to do.So, what can I do? Can a 3 year old even take ADD medicine? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2a4QCpJ

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