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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 463073" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks svengandhi (I wonder what's behind your name, by the way). Someone commented that J gets red and green particularly mixed up... so I guess further testing might be useful. Sometimes I get a bit tired of going to all the doctors and testers - I'm sure people can empathise with that!</p><p>MWM. I'm with you on diagnosing by the Connors alone. It's not fantastic. I'll be honest with you - and everyone else <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I think J has ADHD when I read all the stuff about hyperactivity and impulsivity. When I read (less frequently) the stuff about how people with ADHD cannot focus properly on one thing because ALL sensory information is being received by them with equal importance (for example, as I write this, birds are chirruping outside the window but I have tuned that out because I am concentrating on writing this; it is said people with true ADHD cannot do that), I really don't recognise him with that. I also don't recognise him in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), in pediatric bipolar, anything like that. What I can say is this:</p><p>He moves around and is physically agitated far more than normal. He is impulsive, cannot handle frustration and has a tendency to argue and be rude when you are authoritarian with him. Thus far it all looks like ADHD/ODD. But there is still a nagging doubt... And I don't at the moment have access to a skilled and intuitive psychiatrist who is really try to <strong>look</strong> and <strong>see</strong>. I have a woman who very rapidly came to the conclusion it was ADHD and who doesn't listen to people when they speak, but interrupts and puts words into their mouths... So... I am a little leery about the diagnosis. But it seems the best fit at the moment and anyway it doesn't really matter since he is not on any medications. If things continued like this and he copes with school as he does now, I would not consider medications for him. </p><p>It is human nature to want to describe and understand... that is what a label is used for also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 463073, member: 11227"] Thanks svengandhi (I wonder what's behind your name, by the way). Someone commented that J gets red and green particularly mixed up... so I guess further testing might be useful. Sometimes I get a bit tired of going to all the doctors and testers - I'm sure people can empathise with that! MWM. I'm with you on diagnosing by the Connors alone. It's not fantastic. I'll be honest with you - and everyone else :) I think J has ADHD when I read all the stuff about hyperactivity and impulsivity. When I read (less frequently) the stuff about how people with ADHD cannot focus properly on one thing because ALL sensory information is being received by them with equal importance (for example, as I write this, birds are chirruping outside the window but I have tuned that out because I am concentrating on writing this; it is said people with true ADHD cannot do that), I really don't recognise him with that. I also don't recognise him in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), in pediatric bipolar, anything like that. What I can say is this: He moves around and is physically agitated far more than normal. He is impulsive, cannot handle frustration and has a tendency to argue and be rude when you are authoritarian with him. Thus far it all looks like ADHD/ODD. But there is still a nagging doubt... And I don't at the moment have access to a skilled and intuitive psychiatrist who is really try to [B]look[/B] and [B]see[/B]. I have a woman who very rapidly came to the conclusion it was ADHD and who doesn't listen to people when they speak, but interrupts and puts words into their mouths... So... I am a little leery about the diagnosis. But it seems the best fit at the moment and anyway it doesn't really matter since he is not on any medications. If things continued like this and he copes with school as he does now, I would not consider medications for him. It is human nature to want to describe and understand... that is what a label is used for also. [/QUOTE]
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