My daughter is also 7 with ADHD and mild asperger's, and my 5 year old daughter also has ADHD. We have both girls on a medicaid insurance as their secondary, becuase it covers behavioral therapy in the home, ie, provider 50 services. I live in PA, so this will be different for every state, but it might be worth it for you to look into getting some in-home services for her. My daughter's child psychiatrist told us about this. It has been worth it! The therapy augments the meds. We also tried 6 different medication regimes before we found one that worked well for my older daughter, even then, after some time dosages change or new meds could be added. She did well for a long time on ritalin LA, having failed concerta and adderall, but then developed panic attacks, hyperventilating and all, and now is also on a super-low dose of zoloft, which has totally stopped the panic and anxiety. Without the ritalin she is a different person. Amazingly hyper and unfocused. It helps, but does not obliterate the ADHD symptoms. I'd also recommend finding some mothers of other children who share her diagnosis, as parents of "normal" childreb don't really understand the challenges and can be judgemental, which makes us feel even more alone. Hope this helps.

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Hi there, I live in New Zealand and my son has ADHD. He is now 13 years old. We've been through where you are right now and it's very very hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm afraid I don't have any miracle advice, but all I can say is to just take it one day at a time. We, as the parent's, are the ones that have to cope with all the stress and my advice to you would be to ensure YOU make time for yourself. My son is not going to change, that is who he is. All we can do is give them our best and try to understand - and to do this you need to be happy and relaxed and confident in yourself and your parenting. My son is our eldest out of three - we have two younger daughters who thankfully do not suffer from ADHD. I never dreamed parenting would be so hard or demanding or stressful and there are times I would love to run away from it all. I'm lucky enough to have an understanding extended family, so talking to them when times are tough helps, walking to clear my head helps and my mum takes my son one night a week to give us all a break. Please remember you are not alone, we are here on this forum if you ever want to vent. My heart goes out to you, and good luck.

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