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<blockquote data-quote="tinaninea" data-source="post: 146973" data-attributes="member: 5053"><p>I hate the term ADHD! Mainly because it just seems like it's used so loosely. I feel like doctors just use it when they don't know what else to say. I told my husband before going in there, "he's going to tell us he has ADHD and that's not what I want to hear." So we go in, I open my notebook of the long list of things I want to tell him, I read them off, we discuss them, and he says, "Well, I wouldn't really worry about the things he did when he was younger and the hand shaking thing he does becuase I've never seen any other autistic tendencies any other time he's visited and he seems to communicate well. I think he has ADHD." Wow, what a shocker! He even looked a little shocked when he asked if he finishes all his classwork and I said yes. My DS loves to do his work. The excuse, "Well, sometimes highly intelligent children with ADHD are able to keep up, but when they get older and the work gets harder, they start to fall behind."</p><p> </p><p>At least he got one thing right, my son is highly intelligent!</p><p> </p><p>Seriously, there was no diagnosis, just an "I think it's ADHD, but I would like to refer you to a local psychologist and once you can get an appointment at the Meyer center, go see them too."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tinaninea, post: 146973, member: 5053"] I hate the term ADHD! Mainly because it just seems like it's used so loosely. I feel like doctors just use it when they don't know what else to say. I told my husband before going in there, "he's going to tell us he has ADHD and that's not what I want to hear." So we go in, I open my notebook of the long list of things I want to tell him, I read them off, we discuss them, and he says, "Well, I wouldn't really worry about the things he did when he was younger and the hand shaking thing he does becuase I've never seen any other autistic tendencies any other time he's visited and he seems to communicate well. I think he has ADHD." Wow, what a shocker! He even looked a little shocked when he asked if he finishes all his classwork and I said yes. My DS loves to do his work. The excuse, "Well, sometimes highly intelligent children with ADHD are able to keep up, but when they get older and the work gets harder, they start to fall behind." At least he got one thing right, my son is highly intelligent! Seriously, there was no diagnosis, just an "I think it's ADHD, but I would like to refer you to a local psychologist and once you can get an appointment at the Meyer center, go see them too." [/QUOTE]
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