i was wondering what i can do to help me and my ADHD child she is 3 years old and she is a handful in a half and she is going from the time she wakes up in the morning until about 11:00 or 12:00 at night i need help or some advice

Don't have much information t0 gp pm. Post the two or three most improtant issues and perhsaps someone can help.
Diz

ADHD kids are a handfull!!
The thing I'd recommend right now is to learn all you can about ADHD and to relax and be as patient as you can. Raising a kid with adhd can be a handfull, but it can get better and you can make a huge difference for your child.

There are a lot of parents with experiences similar to yours and I'm sure you will find them to be supportive and helpful.

ME :D

I wish I understood my daughter better at 2 or 3. As it is I kept going to the doctor telling him, somehting wasn't right. I'd never had a child like this. She walked at 5 mos, she laughed at any discipline and never stopped. She literally crawled inside my skin on most days. What is helping me most, now that she is 8, been diagnosed and on meds for 2 years, is having an adult ADHD friend who not only helps me understand her and her behavior but takes her to give me breaks when I need it. This forum also helps tremendously as the posts help me to understand how her mind works and what it is like to live in her world.

Is your daughter's late nights the situation you need help most or are there other issues as well? We tried music but she consistently broke every player we got her. We made her door a dutch door (top and bottom half) and locked the bottom on the outside. This worked wonders until she figured out how to unlock it. Eventually we had an understanding she could sleep anywhere in any possition or location as long as it was in her room. I found her once on top of a box, wrapped in a blanket in her closet, sound asleep. I am learning now to give her more choices and holding her accountable to them. This is helping a great deal as before she felt so controlled and over disciplined she was hard to deal with emotionally. What I wish I had enforced better but don't know how I would have done it differently is that when I said time out I meant time out on MY time frame not hers and when I said NO I meant no and then only used it when I really meant NO. If that makes sense for you.

What I so appreciate about this bundle of charm and energy is her compassion, her intelligence (she blows me away), and what a terrific person she is. She is an absolute delight to know.

Lots and lots of exercise, for starters.

Enroll her in a very well run karate studio; not all studios are created equal, good teachers make all the difference.

Tom