Moms with ADHD, how do you cope? It's just awful. Homework that should take 30 minutes in theory dra…

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Moms with ADHD, how do you cope? It's just awful. Homework that should take 30 minutes in theory drags on for us for 5. 5 hours, Carl! The moment I step away, she's already run off or is doing something else. And then it takes time again to get her focused. If something doesn't turn out the way she wants (a wrong answer) - cue a meltdown. Things fly, she punches and kicks the table, growls, rages, screams, is rude. Then again, it takes time for her to calm down. And so we do homework until late every night... She finished the quarter with C's. She got a D twice in math. The girl is far from stupid. She started reading and writing early. When she wants to, she gets it right away, but if she doesn't want to, you can try your best. You sit and explain - she makes faces. You yell - rebellion. And so it goes in circles. "I already know everything. Leave me alone." Yet she stands there and doesn't understand why. It's because she doesn't even want to hear it. I'm at my wit's end. The psychologist at kindergarten said: "This is the first time I've encountered such a stubborn child. I don't know what to do with her." Now I hear the same from a teacher with 50 years of experience. If she doesn't want to do something - she'll just sit there and rage. "I won't do it, and that's that." We're taking medication, we've seen a psychiatrist, we've seen a neurologist. It feels like zero effect. I'll say this upfront about spanking - when my nerves fray and she goes too far, she gets a good scolding and immediately sits like a little angel. Meaning, if she wants to, she *can* control herself! But it doesn't last long...
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Ruzanna
Well, it seems the main reason isn't ADHD after all))
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Kristina Krasnova
Ruzanna Character of...?
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Kristina Krasnova
Ruzanna So, our lead neurologist says it's not ADHD. It's just a terrible temperament.
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Ruzanna
Ruzanna Patience and finding the right approach for you 🥰
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Valeriya
Oh, mine is the same. Remove all distractions. We used to lock ourselves in the kitchen. I cleared everything off the table and nearby so nothing would distract her. I put off all my own tasks. No phone, etc. I sat and sharpened pencils )))) This way, we did homework quite quickly, unless she got stuck. If she got stuck, it was better to switch to another subject or take a break. Yelling is pretty pointless, as is hitting, although I really wanted to. Praise helps mine. This year we got a math tutor. She didn't know how to give up on us. She thought the child was hopelessly dumb. But at some point, my daughter understood the topic and got an A in school. Since then, her interest in the subject has awakened, and she's been getting A's.
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Kristina Krasnova
Ruzanna thank you so much)
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Svetlana
I'm a mom with ADHD, and my daughter is a first-grader with ADHD. We both struggle with it! Reading is pure torture; I blink, get distracted, and forget what I was doing. If she likes an activity, she can focus like a champ, but that's mostly for art, crafts, and the like.
Doing math homework reminds me of myself in school – there's so much interesting stuff around that I forget what I was solving. I'd write down a random answer just to get it done. My daughter is the same; she reads the problem aloud, calculates, looks at me, gets distracted, and then writes some random answer.
It takes forever. By the way, getting ready for school is the same for us. She went to the dresser for clothes after her shower, and I found her in another room arranging toys on the windowsill. She sat down to eat yogurt in the kitchen – then I found her on the couch watching TV. She sat down to put on her tights – half an hour later, she's still sitting there with the tights in her hands, but she's already designed a spaceship model in her head.
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Valeriya
Valeriya try to praise. it motivates.
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Svetlana
Svetlana Why do we have one daughter for two of us? 😂😂😂
I constantly catch her with her underwear in hand; she grabs them, and honestly, what to do with them next doesn't matter—the goal was just to grab them).
And I pick her up from school like a puzzle piece. Sometimes without a hat, sometimes without gloves, but always with sneakers for PE (though without her uniform, which she forgot at Dad's 😂). Carrying off her shoes (her change of clothes) is child's play. Every day she forgets to leave her cardigan in the locker—our favorite thing 😂. She puts on leggings over her tights in the morning, sits on the bus stop after school, examines her feet, and notices they look different than in the morning. She concludes that something else must have been worn and forgotten at school. I consider this progress that she noticed and even remembered 😂😂😂
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Kristina Krasnova
Valeriya Yes, this is where I struggle. It's really hard for me to praise someone when they drive me up the wall.
I'll work on myself too. Thanks
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Yuliya
Second grade? It'll get easier soon, you just have to get through it, but you'll have to stay involved anyway. A reward system, visual schedule, magnetic board, and reminders.
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Nataliya
What should I do? Mine is 6, and it's the same. I won't even write anything because everything has already been said here. I'm in shock. My older daughter is so independent and disciplined that since 2nd grade, I have no idea how many lessons she had, what was assigned, or if she did it... but with this one... it's a horror what will happen.
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Valeriya
Valeriya Yes, yes. All outsiders notice how well-behaved and well-rounded our child is. All the rudeness is directed at me. I don't know where it comes from. No one talks like that at home. If anything slips out from my son, I put a stop to it, and he quickly comes to his senses.
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Kristina Krasnova
Yuliya Yes, I'm always ready to be involved. But I'm not ready for these drama shows every day (((
It's like, you try to help, but you get a bucket of slop dumped on you every day
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Kseniya
My advice is to clear everything off the table and sit with them from start to finish, getting out pens and rulers as you go. That is, first write everything for all subjects, then underline, then color, try to do each step together, maybe in the form of a game. Minimize tablet, phone, computer – my ADHD kids see these on weekends. TV for an hour before bed. More walks, more talking. 'Enough,' they love that. Plus, you're expecting your second baby, so tell them they'll be the older sibling, a role model, etc.
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Kristina Krasnova
Kseniya I've been limiting her screen time with the phone, computer, and TV for the last few months. Afterward, she becomes really restless.
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Olga
That's life.
It's similar without ADHD, but with its own peculiarities.
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Kseniya
Kseniya This means paying more attention to doing things together, trying to rest for 30 minutes after school and then immediately doing homework, the main thing is an empty table)
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Valeriya
Valeriya Even my elementary school teacher used to say, "Count to 5, then speak." She never really grasps the mood or appropriateness of the situation. Sometimes I get so tired I can barely speak. My son doesn't bother me, but my daughter will jump all over my head, asking what we wanted to do together and why we aren't doing it this very second.
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Kristina Krasnova
What medications are you taking, if you don't mind sharing?
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Yuliya
Yuliya I understand, mine often can't handle her emotions, and since I'm with her almost all the time, it all spills over onto me, especially when you say she did something wrong. She immediately gets wide-eyed and yells that she's right, and I have to remind her who she's yelling at. Then she comes to her senses and corrects herself.
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Katerina
It's not as intense for us, no screaming or yelling, etc.
but he also sits for 5 hours, is constantly distracted, and it takes a lot of energy and time to "gather" him. And he also read, wrote, and knew a lot and was well-rounded by the first grade. He knows everything perfectly at home, but flies off somewhere during tests and gets a 2-3. It's painful(( but all the psychologists and neuropsychologists say he's fine
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Svetlana
Svetlana I'm surprised nothing got lost from the pencil case! The most I lost was half an eraser, I was bored in math class. I labeled every pencil with a sticker, but it seems like she's managing to put things away herself for now. And I understand clearly that this isn't absentmindedness or stupidity. Her brain is just constantly occupied with something much more important!
But I look back at myself, at my childhood, and try not to do what my parents did, because I kind of understand how such a brain works.
By the way, what medications are you taking? They've only prescribed us Phenibut so far, we've been taking it for a little over a month. It seems like her legs and head have connected, at least she barely trips over her own feet when she runs)
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Kristina Krasnova
Katerina It's frustrating when you try hard but see no results.
Glad there were no screams or yelling. That's what wears me out the most...
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tanya
That's how I used to do my homework.
They described me exactly! I was the first one like this, not stupid - but if she doesn't want to, you can kill yourself, you won't get through to her.
I used to spend 5-6 hours learning poems, 2 quatrains through hysterics for 2 hours, just to cram them in 20 minutes. Oh well - I grew up anyway...
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Mariya
I have two kids with ADHD. I didn't have any problems with my older one, but with my younger one, it was hell.
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Kristina
Atomoxetine, risperidone, acatinol memantine
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Kristina Krasnova
tanya Found a life hack with poems, by the way. Taught her to learn them herself, and now she can do it independently and quite quickly.
But anything that needs explaining (like math) – that’s it. Easier to jump out the window.
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Kristina Krasnova
Mariya When did it get easier with your youngest?
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Kristina Krasnova
What did you see the best results from?
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