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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 411143" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I do not yet know in detail what a neuro-pscyhologist does (trying to get my son tested; the waiting lists are long) but I'm sure it's a good idea. As someone who has been dealing with a "suspected ADHD" child for nearly four years, I agree that what you describe does not sound much like ADHD...</p><p>We live in an age where things are labelled, pathologised... Which is not to say that disorders do not exist, obviously. But curiously enough, for whatever it's worth, what went through my head when I read your post was a "normal" family I know containing two teenagers and a younger boy... well, the younger boy, who no-one has ever suggested has some disorder (and who has got SO much calmer over the years I've known him - he's now 8) used to have shouting and screaming fits a bit like that - a very passionate, argumentative, "spirited" nature... I would personally (you are on the ground, you are the one in a position to know, not me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) keep a weather eye out for the possibility that your son is actually "normal" but of a particular, highly-strung temperament...</p><p>I was very passionate and highly-strung as a child too... felt things very deeply... I remember having almost hysterical fits when upset, up to the age of nine or ten... I don't think I had any disorder - certainly it was never suggested!</p><p>I really don't know. I'm just saying we do rush to put a psychological label on things these days...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 411143, member: 11227"] I do not yet know in detail what a neuro-pscyhologist does (trying to get my son tested; the waiting lists are long) but I'm sure it's a good idea. As someone who has been dealing with a "suspected ADHD" child for nearly four years, I agree that what you describe does not sound much like ADHD... We live in an age where things are labelled, pathologised... Which is not to say that disorders do not exist, obviously. But curiously enough, for whatever it's worth, what went through my head when I read your post was a "normal" family I know containing two teenagers and a younger boy... well, the younger boy, who no-one has ever suggested has some disorder (and who has got SO much calmer over the years I've known him - he's now 8) used to have shouting and screaming fits a bit like that - a very passionate, argumentative, "spirited" nature... I would personally (you are on the ground, you are the one in a position to know, not me :-)) keep a weather eye out for the possibility that your son is actually "normal" but of a particular, highly-strung temperament... I was very passionate and highly-strung as a child too... felt things very deeply... I remember having almost hysterical fits when upset, up to the age of nine or ten... I don't think I had any disorder - certainly it was never suggested! I really don't know. I'm just saying we do rush to put a psychological label on things these days... [/QUOTE]
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