There is a new kind of behavior disorder, the opposite of ADHD. The kid gets over stimulated, his brain overwhelmed. Instead of a break in the synapse that needs to be jumped by the impulse, there are too many impulses jumping the synapse at the same time. If there is a misdiagnosis and medication like ritalin is prescribed, the kid just flips out.
I think that I saw this happen with a kid in my son’s class. He wasn’t permitted to attend school full time because they said that he couldn’t handle it. One time in grade school, he flipped out, ran out side and climbed the BB backstop and the school had to call the fire company to come and get him down.
You described my granddaughter. It took me a long time to learn that her problems were not going to be cured with spankings. She had sensory integration problems and chaotic classrooms with lots of noise or even flickering
florescent lighting drives her crazy. And once the impulsive response begins it easily escalates to the point where someone may get hurt. The doctors tried her on ritalin and it did make her want to crawl out of her skin.
We still do not understand what is going on. It is shocking how common this is.
You described my granddaughter. It took me a long time to learn that her problems were not going to be cured with spankings. She had sensory integration problems and chaotic classrooms with lots of noise or even flickering
florescent lighting drives her crazy. And once the impulsive response begins it easily escalates to the point where someone may get hurt. The doctors tried her on ritalin and it did make her want to crawl out of her skin.
We still do not understand what is going on. It is shocking how common this is.
He would have come down when he got hungry.