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At the end of my tether. Am I imagining this?!
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 589120" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Oh, my dearie... welcome to the board, but... sorry you had to find us.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child... like all sorts of kids on this board... started with a ADHD diagnosis and... many of them either end up with a whole laundry list of dxes (like mine), or... are something else, and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie isn't an uncommon landing place.</p><p></p><p>Having lived around both? He doesn't sound "just" ADHD to me.</p><p>BUT... I also know that hearing and/or auditory processing issues are also a huge behaviour trigger.</p><p>He may even have both, but you can't even really test for the APDs until they are about 7.</p><p></p><p>The restless sleep - not uncommon in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... but also not uncommon as a side effect of extreme mental fatigue, and fighting mentally to "hear", to "understand" or even to figure out what is going on around you... can cause that (we've been there done that).</p><p></p><p>Any chance of an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation? especially for sensory processing issues, but might as well look at motor skills too... for example, some kids are fantastic athletes but have fine-motor issues, which complicates a lot of things in life (personal care, school work...)</p><p></p><p>And then... if you can, try learning about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids - especially the "high-functioning" ones - they can have normal or above intellegence, but not cope as well with the day-to-day demands of life. There ARE things that help. Try using some of them... the approaches that work for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie kids create no disadvantages for an NT (neurotypical) kid, but are a huge benefit to the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 589120, member: 11791"] Oh, my dearie... welcome to the board, but... sorry you had to find us. My difficult child... like all sorts of kids on this board... started with a ADHD diagnosis and... many of them either end up with a whole laundry list of dxes (like mine), or... are something else, and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie isn't an uncommon landing place. Having lived around both? He doesn't sound "just" ADHD to me. BUT... I also know that hearing and/or auditory processing issues are also a huge behaviour trigger. He may even have both, but you can't even really test for the APDs until they are about 7. The restless sleep - not uncommon in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... but also not uncommon as a side effect of extreme mental fatigue, and fighting mentally to "hear", to "understand" or even to figure out what is going on around you... can cause that (we've been there done that). Any chance of an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation? especially for sensory processing issues, but might as well look at motor skills too... for example, some kids are fantastic athletes but have fine-motor issues, which complicates a lot of things in life (personal care, school work...) And then... if you can, try learning about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids - especially the "high-functioning" ones - they can have normal or above intellegence, but not cope as well with the day-to-day demands of life. There ARE things that help. Try using some of them... the approaches that work for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie kids create no disadvantages for an NT (neurotypical) kid, but are a huge benefit to the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie kid. [/QUOTE]
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