1st question - How old is he?
2nd   - What activities is he regularly involved in?
3rd - Is he on any medication?

4th question: Are there any consequences for this behavior?

Because he certainly needs some, like repairing, repainting, working in the home to pay for damages (your choice of chore and “pay” amount, which you don’t give to him, but deduct from the damage amount).

He needs to learn the lesson of negative acts= consequences before he goes out into the real world.

Counseling may help. Or the combination of counseling and medication (if he isn’t already on meds) may help and prevent these behaviors from being transferred outside the home, which will bring even more serious consequences.
Patricia Aust:CT Task Force on ADHD;author of HYPER HARRY for kids 8-12 (available on Amazon.com as paperback or Kindle).

4th question: Are there any consequences for this behavior?

Because he certainly needs some, like repairing, repainting, working in the home to pay for damages (your choice of chore and “pay” amount, which you don’t give to him, but deduct from the damage amount).

He needs to learn the lesson of negative acts= consequences before he goes out into the real world.

Counseling may help. Or the combination of counseling and medication (if he isn’t already on meds) may help and prevent these behaviors from being transferred outside the home, which will bring even more serious consequences.
Patricia Aust:CT Task Force on ADHD;author of HYPER HARRY for kids 8-12 (available on Amazon.com as paperback or Kindle).

My son is 13. He takes Adderall 20 mg. He hasn’t been in counseling for almost a year but I talked to the counselor he had and she has agreed that he may need to come back. I know he has anger issues, mostly because he takes a lot of verbal abuse at school. Unfortunately from some of his teachers as well. I’m working on that one! Consequences for this behavior have included losing computer time, not being able to go to his friends house, losing money from his money jar, and, yes, I did make him do some repairs. (It looks worse than the damage, but he did it.) He knows there will be consequences, but he just does not seem to be able to stop himself in the moment. That’s why he stays in trouble in school so much. I have tried meditation, mindfulness, etc. and nothing seems to work. He is always sorry after he does something like this, sometimes he cries and needs to hear me say I forgive him. I just feel helpless.

20 mg is a low dose. You did nos say if it is XR or not. I am also concerned that something else may be going on.

I absolutely recommend you get to a child-psychiatrist. I think in the long run it will be cheaper than house repairs and your going to need to be medicated if this keeps up.

Depending on how much you want to learn you can certainly learn all about the meds. If you don’t, I do recommend that your doctor gives you a treatment plan with guideposts so he will know when adjustments are needed. Without them you are shooting in the dark.

I’m working on some forms to help keep track but in the meantime these may help: http://www.add-plus.com/forms.htm

Good Luck

Augie
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My 11 year old son is also destructive.  He does not do it out of anger or clumsiness though..
Sometimes I am puzzled.
Adderall never helped my son, and did him more harm than good.  He is now on Vyvanse, and Melatonin at night and it works great.
He has broken furniture, carved in wood furniture, broken off cabinet doors, broken a solid oak dresser, and the list goes on.
I try to supply and surround him with things that are sturdy yet not things that will matter much if they get broken or destroyed.
It is sure hard to deal with I know.

My son is in behavior therapy and that seems to help when we go regularly.

But you are gonna have to accept that he will not change, YOU have to change how you deal with him. 
For two reasons:  He is impulsive AND does not foresee consequences to his actions.
Very hard and frustrating to accept I know..

Someone on a different thread suggested the website celebratecalm.com
That along with behavior therapy, med check and possible change, and finding your own tricks will hopefully help.
I am most definately not looking forward to the teenage years with my son.
All the best and you are not alone.

Bournemom, thank you for your reply! I feel validated now. I appreciate all the replys to my post. You all have definately given me some options. We are going to Dr. to talk about the Adderall because he also gets more angry when he takes it. Since the incident with the doors about 2 weeks ago, there has not been any more damage. I have always given him things that he can beat up on. I am going through my parent’s house and sheds since their death, throwing a lot of things away and I let him beat up on them in the trash pile. I have tried to make it very clear to him that he will be disciplined if he destroys anything he is not supposed to. I am hoping for the best. Thanks again to you all.

Read about Collaborative Problem Solving, an evidenced-based method of working with challenging (and explosive) children. 

You can start by checking the Think:Kids website by Stuart Ablon PhD and the Lives in the Balance website by Ross Greene PhD. 

You can also read The Explosive Child, by Greene.  Also Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach, by Greene/Ablon (excellent). 

Hang in there…

Hi, both of my boys started with adderall.  My youngest, is destructive without the mere as it helps him focus on what needs to be done.  We also try to direct him towards items he can destroy and bang without hurting himself.  My older boy we removed from adderall as it was creating the anger behaviors or non sleeping. 
He is now on vivanse 30mg, sleeps, loves us again, undestructive, but is battling defiant behavior.  We attend family counseling that really helps all of us redirect each others’ behaviors.

Get a good counselor..We did and she’s given us some very good advice with our daughters behavior.  She too was very distructive.  #l Child proof the house, put away anything valuable or keepsakes.  #2 Give consequences-  if damage is done give the child chores to do to help pay for the damages, make them help fix the damages,  take something away they really like for the rest of the day to let them know how serious the damage was.  Be clear and do not reason with them.