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[quote=Anonymous]My child with ADHD is in a similar boat. I'm exhausted and feel terrible for him. He does not match the energy of other kids and on texts when kids he insists are his friends give one word answers he responds with 10 lines of text. It's been very disappointing to see him socially isolated but I also understand how annoying he must be. He grates on us, everything is an argument, and it never seems to end. Tonight I was holding back tears battling him at bedtime because of how frustrating he is to deal with, and because we have so much on our plates with other kids, demanding jobs, financial strain, and a new medical diagnosis. The only things I've found to be helpful are the adhd parenting podcast (with the adhd dude and mike mcleod) and now we re working through mike mcleoud's new executive functioning book. when my kid doesn't wear me out to the point that i want to strangle him and we can sit down and do exercises together its actually quite good. we tried group therapy for similar kids over several years and they were expensive, time consuming, and useless (unfortunately). I hope a new school and maturity will help, but I've been holding out hope for years and don't feel like we have made much progress. [/quote]

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