Ok so my brother is 10 and being a 10-yr-old hes a little outta control... but he also has a hearing problem on top of ADD. So hes ADD meds cause him to be more calm during the day but he doesn't go to bed until like 11 or 12 every night. UNfortunately that makes him in a pissy mood and I have to deal with it. How do I deal with a little boy who will not shut up yet can't hear me tell him to be quiet? And how do I get him to go to bed? Ugh, i need help, he's driving me up the wall!
~@$H

Ok so my brother is 10 and being a 10-yr-old hes a little outta control... but he also has a hearing problem on top of ADD. So hes ADD meds cause him to be more calm during the day but he doesn't go to bed until like 11 or 12 every night. UNfortunately that makes him in a pissy mood and I have to deal with it. How do I deal with a little boy who will not shut up yet can't hear me tell him to be quiet? And how do I get him to go to bed? Ugh, i need help, he's driving me up the wall!
~@$H

Unfortunately delayed onset insomnia and other sleep disruptions are typical side effects of ADD drugs. Maybe some chammomile tea near bedtime or calcium supplements might be natural aids to sleep but sometimes it's hard to override the drug effects, but you could try.

I give my son Melatonin at bedtime to help him sleep. It really does work too....and Melatonin is a natural supplement, not prescription.

alittledeserted, is your brother oral only? (doesn't Sign?) If so, he may just have situtional ADD. A lot of oral-only dhh kids have "ADD" b/c they have to expend so much energy on spoken language and remememering how to pronounce words correctly. Even if he has real ADD, learning Sign could really help him calm down a lot! (andit would help him with social issues too, which MANY if not most dhh kids have issues with!)

alittledeserted, Why are you responsible for your brother? Even if he didn't have issues that make his behavior difficult to bear, he's not your responsibility.
I have 3 grown daughters, all 5 years apart. Sure, the older ones looked after the younger ones while I went to work and to school (I'm a single parent).
But if things got out of hand, I made other arrangements. That's what the person who is legally responsible for the child is required to do.
So, even if you are being paid to babysit, if it's not working, it's time for your parents to find another solution.

I am an adult so don't take what I say as help for your brother. I just called a pharmacist and they told me to take Benadryl to sleep while I'm on Adderall. Maybe you should call your Pharmacist/Drug Store and ask them what would be safe for a 10 year old and tell whem med's he's taking. Good luck sweetie.

Good timing. I just called my pharmacist before reading your post and was told that Benadryl is an excellant sleeping aid, as long as you can devote 8 hours to sleeping. It is safe for children but I would call your own pharmacist/doctor and let them know "all" meds he is on so they can make an informed decision. If they say Benadryl, it's cheap and you can by it anywhere. Good luck sweetie. I had a son like that and no one was around to give me suggestions and that was before the internet, if you can believe there was a time "before" the internet. :)

slip some niquill in his drinking box!
ok im just kidding,
the same thing happens with me and my brother we both have adhd and its a circle!
he becomes moody when hes off his pill, he will try to kill me if I make noises. When I
am moody I will kill him if he makes noises. You need to give him something to do becasue i make noises when i am bord mostly. So read to him or something before he goes to bed, it may not work because he can't control it but it dosen't hurt to try, give something relaxing to do so he can carry his mind to another thing.