u/ChaiLatteLover25

My 9y son is on SA Ritalin 10mg x 2 a day. I dont like who he is on it. It helps him to focus at school and be apart of the class, however his anxiety peaks and he gets super over stimulated and freaks out. Id prefer him not on it on the weekends because he becomes really mean. However not medicating him also comes with its challenges.

I dont know what to do next. Ive tried Vyvanse and while he was settled at school, it made him really angry at home.

He is on Intuniv at night and we can tell the next day if he we forgot to give him his tablet!

I am wondering if there is any other medication I can ask the Peditirican about that might be able to help.

He is severe adhd & being tested for ASD next month. (I wouldn't be suprised if he is on the spectrum)

I have 2 boys, 9(severe adhd medicated) & a 5 year old.

I feel like i am at the end of my rope with them both. They do nothing but fight whenever they are in each other's company. This can be at home, in public, in the car, at grandma's. Everywhere. Constantly bickering, my oldest telling the youngest he's a baby and he cant play which results in my 5 year old bursting into tears and either screaming the house down and running to find me to tell. They are both as bad as each other.

I am in no means a pushover when it comes to parenting, and set clear boundaries and expectations. I am constantly serving time outs for fighting, but I am exhausted 😩 they both seem constantly angry & whatever we do as parents is never enough.

Any tips?

I.am.green.

No idea what I am doing or how it all works.

I opened a Commsec account and thats as far as I got!

If anyone has any resources that can teach me, please share!

Has anyone in Australia had Melatonin ordered from iherb stopped at customs since the TGA cracked down on it?

I am down to my last gummie and we need it 😬 his Peaditrician told me last visit (before the ban) to order it from iherb and give when he needed it. Most nights he is fine, but some he struggles to fall asleep. Wondering whether its worth the risk ordering from iherb?

I have hashimotos & adhd. Basically gained 20kg over the last 2 years. I convinced my gp to let me try Wegivy. She agreed and it changed my life. I literally drop all that weight in 6 months. I realised I suffer from alot of food noise. I use food as a dopamine hit 😔 since being off Wegovy, ive started to gain weight again slowly. I am wondering whether I can take a low dosage Wegovy once every 3 weeks for life? To assist with keeping food noise away. My hashimotos also dosent help with having a severly under active thyroid.

Im on 50mg vyvanse. Ive started taking Clonodine at night because of my poor sleep (ive suffered insomnia and have sleep anxiety, also taking vyvanse dosent help to shut the brain off at night!)

While im having good sleep now, I wonder if its effecting my mood. I feel like I have been extra moody towards my husband & feeling generally intolerant of him and the air he breaths. Wondering if its the clonodine cos im not normally this bad 🫢 only around my period.

Im on 50mg vyvanse. Ive started taking Clonodine at night because of my poor sleep (ive suffered insomnia and have sleep anxiety, also taking vyvanse dosent help to shut the brain off at night!)

While im having good sleep now, I wonder if its effecting my mood. I feel like I have been extra moody towards my husband & feeling generally intolerant of him and the air he breaths. Wondering if its the clonodine cos im not normally this bad 🫢 only around my period.

Wondering if anyone has been in my position and how you deal with it?

I am from a very large family. Unfortunately my parents are complicated and we were raised in a very toxic environment.

I am neurodivergent and feel deeply. I had friends in my teens growing up, now we have all moved apart from each other and hardly keep in touch with each other. I have formed a beautiful bond with my sisters, pretty much leaned on my older sister for support as my mother has been so emotionally unavailable.

My youngest sister has recently moved to my older sisters town and they hang out alot. My other 2 sisters are in another country together, so it just leaves me to try and keep up. But I am noticing a shift, where I am feeling left out and it sucks. I dont have anyone else I am close to enough or can lean on when I need a friend. ( I have my own kids, one neurodivergent) I feel so freaking lonely. I have trust issues and while I have surface level mum friends I feel like my sisters who I have shared so much of my life with have moved on without me.

I dont have a close relationship with my mum, I hold a mother wound and yep I am in therapy!

Just looking for some guidance, not sure really on how I can just move on and get over it.

I have 2 boys, 9 y.o has ADHD & have a 5 y.o

I also have ADHD (medicated) & sometimes life can be pretty stressful as my 9 y.o is high powered.

I often worry about my 5 y.o as my oldest tends to take up alot of our time, however being super concious of this, i always make time for him (he's truly thr sweetest little boy)

But I often wonder ...are they happy? They certainly dont go without and we love and dote on them constantly. However recently ive been thinking over what they will look back at their childhood and say?

How does one know if their children are happy.