I’m approaching the end of my rope, so is DH. Every day is miserable at the moment. DS(5) is out of control IMO and just so much more compared to other kids. I spend my life trying to get him to calm down.
Some examples:
Ask him to put his shoes on and he goes 0-100 full tantrum screaming no etc
He is playing Lego and a bit breaks off/he can’t get a bit on where he wants it. I’m over the other side of the room completely not involved and he will scream in rage, get up, come over and hit me.
Trying to get him in pyjamas after bath time. He is constantly shouting, jumping off the bed, going completely wild without any provoking at all. Again 0-100 in a second but this time excited rather than rage.
He is so LOUD all of the time.
He does not stay still ever, even when falling asleep.
There are loads more examples, I can give additional info but it’s all just so normal to us now that it’s hard to separate out what’s over and above ‘normal’ and what’s not.
We are on egg shells at all times wondering what will set him off. Cannot relax from the moment he wakes until he falls asleep. He is relentless.
Taking him anywhere is a million more times more stressful than it seems to be for other parents.
He is in year 1 at school, seems to be doing fine. Good reader, only negative report is he doesn’t sit still/concentrate unless he gets 1:1 attention and talks constantly distracting others. He is a popular kid.
He is a good boy for other people and plays well with others.
If you read the ADHD symptoms on NHS choices it describes him quite well. But then they just seem like examples of what kids are like in general.
Sometimes on a good day I’ll think we are being to harsh on him, but then other days he is so awful I would gladly send him away to boarding school (not a joke).
I feel so shit as I have resorted to screaming at him a few times as it’s just so infuriating.
Does anyone have any similar experience or advice?