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Stimulants as a means of diagnosis
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 517006" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks, MWM. Yes, to be honest I am thinking this, too - that it is wise to be taking things slowly.</p><p>About the deficient attention - it's hard to pinpoint this exactly. On the one hand, J concentrates well when given a specific task to do in certain conditions, for example at school. There is obviously some social pressure on him to do this but the fact is he <strong>can</strong> do it, unlike presumably a lot of ADD-type children who simply cannot, try as they might. </p><p>And then, in "normal" life, his attention is frequently dispersed because he's hopping from one thing to another - eating a bite of food, then getting up to get a toy or constantly picking things up to touch, throw, manipulate, then putting them down and picking up something else, etc. Obviously this is linked to hyperactivity and I've no clue to what degree it shows deficit attention. He can sustain a conversation on the same subject for a long time, although he talks a lot, generally, and fast....</p><p>So I have to be sure to point all this out to the new psychiatrist we are going to see in April - not let it all get brushed under the carpet of unquestionable ADHD. Or maybe he is just typical for a hyperactive/impulsive type of ADHD. I don't know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 517006, member: 11227"] Thanks, MWM. Yes, to be honest I am thinking this, too - that it is wise to be taking things slowly. About the deficient attention - it's hard to pinpoint this exactly. On the one hand, J concentrates well when given a specific task to do in certain conditions, for example at school. There is obviously some social pressure on him to do this but the fact is he [B]can[/B] do it, unlike presumably a lot of ADD-type children who simply cannot, try as they might. And then, in "normal" life, his attention is frequently dispersed because he's hopping from one thing to another - eating a bite of food, then getting up to get a toy or constantly picking things up to touch, throw, manipulate, then putting them down and picking up something else, etc. Obviously this is linked to hyperactivity and I've no clue to what degree it shows deficit attention. He can sustain a conversation on the same subject for a long time, although he talks a lot, generally, and fast.... So I have to be sure to point all this out to the new psychiatrist we are going to see in April - not let it all get brushed under the carpet of unquestionable ADHD. Or maybe he is just typical for a hyperactive/impulsive type of ADHD. I don't know. [/QUOTE]
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