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[quote=Anonymous]First, hugs.  You are not a bad mom. I found this board looking for adhd support. My Ds had impulsivity and hyperness but not to the level you described. He also had no sense of personal space and was very physical so that turned kids off. ( should say physical was jumping on your back, picking you up, thngs he thought was saying " I like you." )

About 3 rd grade we tried a few meds bit he also had a flat affect and often cried for a few minutes in the afternoon. We went to old standby Ritalin at 10mg and did the trick. Much calmer and did not affect his personality - which was much like your son's: loving, kind, caring, always optimistic.

But what I really want to tell you is that puberty helped the hyperactivity/ impulsivness a lot! If your DS is 11, it might be starting soon and perhaps by 12-13 you will notice.  Not over night but it does come. It does get better in that respect!

Still needs meds to focus and he still does things impulsively ( like I am cooking dinner, he sees that, but Grabs cookies From the cookie jar. Or, goes out back door to frie nds house behind us without telling us.  ) Minor things to just share a few examples.

Also, one thing I had to learn when he was younger that you can't say stop, yell, whatever verbal commands you need without going over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, and then saying " give sally her hair clips back, don't jump on billy's back." I spent the yearly years yelling - not in a mean way but in a loud way in a reaction to what was going on thinking he heard me.  They do but the brain is not connecting it to the immediate need to stop doing what they aren't doing. Physical touch worked wonders for my ds. He may do it 2 sec later but would always respond / stop immediately when touched. I hope it gets better for you.[/quote]

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