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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 555198" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>No testing, MWM. Just having met him on several occasions (the psychiatrist) and the report of the psychomotricien, who worked with him for about six months. The psychomotricien was a very measured, careful sort of guy who wouldn't come to rash or idiosyncratic judgements, I don't think; he had also worked with many ADHD kids. He said that there was no doubt J was ADHD but that he was slightly unusual in being able to concentrate so well on assigned tasks, though he said it was clear it was a real struggle for him.</p><p>To be honest, MWM, knowing J better than anyone, I myself have no doubt that he has ADHD and that also, if people wanted to stick more labels on, he has ODD. But then he doesn't "have" ODD, really, does he... much of this oppositional behaviour is situational, driven by anxiety. The hyperactivity is extreme and constant, and certainly gets worse when J is anxious but is always in place when there is not a structured activity. </p><p>I think J has developed capacities for coping with normal life. He does school, where he has been since he is 3, quite well. It would be strange to think of giving him medications for school and it could not be justified, at present. The kind of thing where, if there was some magic pill I could slip him to take away the hyperactivity/impulsivity, I would certainly do so, is the rugby lessons he has started doing. He is constantly in trouble for leaping on other boys because he wants to play at fighting, and doing silly things when he is waiting around for his turn to do an excercise... Because J is incapable of standing still and waiting, of being bored. That's when things go all wrong. I don't stay and watch him at rugby, partly because his behaviour is always worse when I am there and partly because, having gone into civilisation, it's useful to be able to go shopping...</p><p>Taking him to the cinema would be another good example of where the problem lies. If there is a queue to buy tickets, it is agony - he won't wait with me of course but is careering and running all over the place, jumping into the games/amusements they have in the foyer of the cinema, pushing all the controls wildly, demanding to have a go, demanding that a toy be bought for him... once inside the cinema, he will sit perfectly quiet and attentively during the whole film - as long as it's interesting for him, of course. And on and on... every occasion in public is difficult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 555198, member: 11227"] No testing, MWM. Just having met him on several occasions (the psychiatrist) and the report of the psychomotricien, who worked with him for about six months. The psychomotricien was a very measured, careful sort of guy who wouldn't come to rash or idiosyncratic judgements, I don't think; he had also worked with many ADHD kids. He said that there was no doubt J was ADHD but that he was slightly unusual in being able to concentrate so well on assigned tasks, though he said it was clear it was a real struggle for him. To be honest, MWM, knowing J better than anyone, I myself have no doubt that he has ADHD and that also, if people wanted to stick more labels on, he has ODD. But then he doesn't "have" ODD, really, does he... much of this oppositional behaviour is situational, driven by anxiety. The hyperactivity is extreme and constant, and certainly gets worse when J is anxious but is always in place when there is not a structured activity. I think J has developed capacities for coping with normal life. He does school, where he has been since he is 3, quite well. It would be strange to think of giving him medications for school and it could not be justified, at present. The kind of thing where, if there was some magic pill I could slip him to take away the hyperactivity/impulsivity, I would certainly do so, is the rugby lessons he has started doing. He is constantly in trouble for leaping on other boys because he wants to play at fighting, and doing silly things when he is waiting around for his turn to do an excercise... Because J is incapable of standing still and waiting, of being bored. That's when things go all wrong. I don't stay and watch him at rugby, partly because his behaviour is always worse when I am there and partly because, having gone into civilisation, it's useful to be able to go shopping... Taking him to the cinema would be another good example of where the problem lies. If there is a queue to buy tickets, it is agony - he won't wait with me of course but is careering and running all over the place, jumping into the games/amusements they have in the foyer of the cinema, pushing all the controls wildly, demanding to have a go, demanding that a toy be bought for him... once inside the cinema, he will sit perfectly quiet and attentively during the whole film - as long as it's interesting for him, of course. And on and on... every occasion in public is difficult. [/QUOTE]
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