I am very curious if all children with ADHD are like this..
There is no volume control! Before and after medication he talks loud, listens to TV loud, plays music loud etc.. very thing is so loud.
Am I alone? I know I am sensitive to loud, but wow!
Thanks
My son does not take medication -
But everything is loud! I’m constantly telling him to put the volume down on TV, music
His voice- a lot of reminders about using our “ inside voice”.
I have not looked into they why. So I guess that’a next
Hello. I have an 8 year old daughter w/ADHD combined type. She was diagnosed when she was 6 yrs old. She’s always had a strong voice but it became increasingly problematic when she started Kindergarten. We had her hearing checked multiple times which is not the problem because she had supersonic hearing🙄. We started her on medication for her ADHD during the second semester of 1st grade this helped with the inattention and focus but has not been helpful in modifying her speaking volume. I’ve wondered if this is related to ADHD specifically or if there is something sensory wise that is going on. We’ve tried non-verbal and verbal prompts and reminders which sometimes work in the moment. Haven’t had success with much else. I wish I had some suggestions to share. Instead, I’m offering confirmation that you are not alone with this issue. I’d be interested in hearing if other parents have had similar challenges and how they’ve been addressed.
It's great to know, there are others out there with the same issue.
I tell him if I have to tell you a third time it's off. Then he loses the device for the day. This is the only thing that works for us. I think the personal volume will come down the more he matures.
Thanks for letting me know, I'm not alone.
Take care,
As an adult with ADHD, Yike. Punishing your kid for something he likely cant/struggles to control is not the best way to approach this. Have you tried "you're not allowed to turn the volume up past x"? Or setting the volume yourself and putting the remote up?Also, hate to burst your bubble, but im in my 20's and still have problems with volume control, especially when I get excited 😬
Thanks for sharing.
My daughter also talks too loud and loves loud music. But covers her ears when she flushes the toilet or when the garage door goes up or down...? So...yeah!
My 12 year old son won’t flush the toilet because of the noise and is still frightened of thunder.
Glad to see I'm not alone. She wouldn't flush for a long time because the noise scared her. She's getting better, but we still have to remind her constantly!
My daughter is like this too. I can run the vitamix or stand mixer at full tilt and she is fine with the noise, but she told me that people singing makes “her brain crazy” and she needs to cover her ears”?
She also told me that at her old school it was too loud and she did not like it.
My 13 year old grandson loudly yells at his friends when playing video games online. But when his sister had a birthday recently and we were all talking and singing happy birthday he had to leave the room
Yes! My son is extremely loud and his doctor told us that the majority of his ADHD patients are very loud. Don’t know the connection.
Same here, so i assumed it came with the ADHD territory and maybe it is their way of talking over all that noise in their brain!
Yep. There are definitely days I want to rename our son Max Volume.
Oh, and after having the TV/his tablet blaring at top volume and his own shrieking, he complains that **I'M** too loud, when I am talking in a perfectly normal tone of voice.
This is confirmation for me too! I read every single response.
My 8 year old daughter is very similar. She loves the loud, except the toilet flushing (covers her ears and runs), the vacuum cleaner (tries to vacuum while covering her ears) and the blender.
Thank you all for sharing. It is so helpful!
Long before my daughter was diagnosed I was perplexed why she struggled with voice control. I struggled to teach her inside voice. Yet she was really sensitive to loud sounds. Now a teenager, she loves loud music, still yells half the time when she talks but still hates the vacuum. Seems to be an adhd thing.
My child just started to take medication again. Before he was loud, yelling at me, or yelling at whoever he was playing fort night and now it still has not changed. Especially when the answer is not what he wants to hear. I know the behavior takes time to be different than it was , but sometimes it takes much restraint for me not to engage, especially when he is hurling curse words at me, or blam
Yup, my b/g twins, but especially my son are extremely loud speakers. I’m constantly trying to get them to be aware of how loud they are.
Everything is loud. I’m constantly reminding him that he doesn’t need to yell everything
Okay after reading responses i have a few notes. I know its been like 9 mos but oh well.
As an adult with ADHD these are my points
1. We genuinely dont realize were talking loudly. It sounds normal to us.
2. Speaking loudly and loud noises that we like are ENTIRELY different from other noises, especially ones that can be annoying (ie blender, vacuum, too many other people talking at once). These sounds can send us into sensory overload which is awful. Imagine if every single sound felt like it was being yelled in your ear and your brain is trying to process every single bit of information being brought in by your senses all at once, so the a/c kicking on that you dont even notice most of the time is now a blaring sound right in your ear and you cant focus on just one thing.
3. I had a third point, but got too wrapped up in my second point that I forget what it was. So, new third point is going to be the fact that I'm in my 20s and still struggle with volume regulation
My son is 10 he has few of these issues
I believe it is a sensory issue
He also have problems with food temperature he can only eat warm food
Anything a bit more he feels it is way too hot
He used to get so scared from the automated flushing toilets in the mall and cried hysterically, he speaks loud but covers his ears when he hears the blender
My son is 13 and he's always had a loud, strong voice. We called it his trumpet voice ever since he was a toddler. This common denominator in ADHD kids is so interesting. I never thought about it like that.
loss of control!
ADHD Tween (12 years old) and out of control since puberty
Where did I go wrong?
Impulse Control from my 6 year old ADHD Son
