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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 612786" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>With his unusual obsession and high intelligence, I'd be looking at Aspergers which is often misidagnosed as ADHD. Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist?</p><p></p><p>Aspie kids often do better in school than at home because of the structure and because many truly LIKE to learn and they have GREAT rote memories. My son learned how to sight read at age two. He literally remembered every word he saw. He couldn't sound out words...he remembered them. By age two he knew all his letters and numbers to 100. We thought he was a genuis. Unlike your son, my son is just average and did ok in school but chose not to go to college. But he isn't Aspie either...he was diagnosed as Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and talked late. Some Aspies are brilliant and adore school, but can't deal with emotions and changes and transitions and ADHD medication doesn't help them either.</p><p></p><p>I'd get a second opinion and the go-to diagnosticians here in the United States is normally a neuropsychologist for testing. Glad you're here and it sounds like your son has A LOT of up sides! Do NOT blame yourself, please. These are neurological differences, not parenting issues.</p><p></p><p>I would not trust anyone who calls himself an ADHD pediatrician, an autism pediatrician, or an ABC pediatrician. Pediatricians don't have the training to test for different disorders and your son probably has not have the intensive testing of a neuropsychologist. If a pediatrician thinks he is an expert in one disorder, chances are he will diagnose THAT disorder and not look at other ones because he doesn't know them well. I agree...ODD is a useless diagnosis. I would just disregard it. See a neuropsychologist and get a 6-10 hour evaluation that covers every area of functioning, including sensory issues, odd speech patterns, IQ, and an ADHD computer test, which my son passed (but actually many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have ADHD...they tend to run together as they are similar in many ways). I believe it's better to be safe than sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 612786, member: 1550"] With his unusual obsession and high intelligence, I'd be looking at Aspergers which is often misidagnosed as ADHD. Has he ever seen a neuropsychologist? Aspie kids often do better in school than at home because of the structure and because many truly LIKE to learn and they have GREAT rote memories. My son learned how to sight read at age two. He literally remembered every word he saw. He couldn't sound out words...he remembered them. By age two he knew all his letters and numbers to 100. We thought he was a genuis. Unlike your son, my son is just average and did ok in school but chose not to go to college. But he isn't Aspie either...he was diagnosed as Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and talked late. Some Aspies are brilliant and adore school, but can't deal with emotions and changes and transitions and ADHD medication doesn't help them either. I'd get a second opinion and the go-to diagnosticians here in the United States is normally a neuropsychologist for testing. Glad you're here and it sounds like your son has A LOT of up sides! Do NOT blame yourself, please. These are neurological differences, not parenting issues. I would not trust anyone who calls himself an ADHD pediatrician, an autism pediatrician, or an ABC pediatrician. Pediatricians don't have the training to test for different disorders and your son probably has not have the intensive testing of a neuropsychologist. If a pediatrician thinks he is an expert in one disorder, chances are he will diagnose THAT disorder and not look at other ones because he doesn't know them well. I agree...ODD is a useless diagnosis. I would just disregard it. See a neuropsychologist and get a 6-10 hour evaluation that covers every area of functioning, including sensory issues, odd speech patterns, IQ, and an ADHD computer test, which my son passed (but actually many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have ADHD...they tend to run together as they are similar in many ways). I believe it's better to be safe than sorry. [/QUOTE]
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