Anthony was a huge handfull since, well, about a year old! First grade was horrible! Second grade was a tiny bit better, but that was because he had two very caring teachers that loved him no matter what he did. It was during second grade he was diagnosed with ADHD. By then he had attempted to run away from home once and from school once, basically hated himself because he couldn't behave. He was put on Ritalin which at first seemed great as was able to sit still, and concentrate. Soon after we realized Ritalin was making his anger problems much worse. He also gained quite a bit of weight on Ritalin. He was then switched to Adderall which he is still on today. He was still having mood problems and was put on Zoloft with a switch to Paxil when ins. didn't have Zoloft on the formulary. A few months ago, he was diagnosed with bp and weaned off the Paxil and began Zyprexa. He is still on the Zyprexa.
Hugs,
Jackie