what could this be?

[ilovemykids]

my daughter Jacqueline is 15 years old. for the past year she has been very active and very very talkative but also stutter alot when she talks as if she forgets what shes saying. i often have to tell her to keep her voice down or stop jumping around. during the school year several of her teachers sent home progress reports telling me that Jacqueline lacked self control, she talked accessively and other things. Jacqueline has told me that at night she has trouble getting to sleep because she just cannot get to sleep. her sleep schedule is off so she normally wakes up at 10 or 11 o'clock and doesnt go to sleep until sometimes 1 am beacuse she's not tired so she gets very active during the night time. my oldest son was diagnosed with a very mild case of ADD when he was 17 but is it possible that if one sibling has ADD then it is common for other to also? PLEASE HELP!

[mailman]

Your daughter sounds like she is definitely ADD or ADHD....I come from a family of Attention deficient individuals....It is definitely inherited..My youngest brother who is 44 yrs old was the first to be diagnosed...my three boys are all ADD...only the oldest, now 22, was hyperactive....the two younger aren't hyper but definitely ADD...my 14 yr. old sounds exactly like your daughter...talks excessively..argues over anything..a lot of that is the age...but I have been around enough ADD and studied it on my own to know the signs...my oldest son had a really hard time in school..but is doing ok in his life now...I wish you luck...what these kids need most is love and their parents acceptance...they need to know you love them like they are...goodness knows they have enough problems just being kids with out being labeled ''wild, hard headed, bad, or lazy''..

[SMORe]

My opinoin is that you should leave things as is you might not like it but its better than pilling your kid upp like the doctors will want you to.Its bad for their health.Of course you can always ask her if she would want to try the docs methods.You can also buy her sleeping pills from wallmart there generic brand has same ingredints and is about 4$ less than the real stuff.(same ingredents}