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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 429196" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, Insane (not that it doesn't feel a little odd calling somone that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) - that is exactly what she said, in her words "I am out of my territory." So then are there speech therapists who work with hyperactive/ADHD (in my case° kids? I will have to do more phoning around.</p><p>I think it was perhaps a personality mismatch in that J will, as is typical, stay focused if he is INTERESTED - and her manner of speaking and presentation were not very colourful or attracting if you see what I mean... I think someone who was more of a "showman" would have caught his interest and got him to answer the questions. </p><p>As to whether it is reasonable to diagnose one's own children... well, I think it is in a way! I have lived with J day in, day out for four years. I know him better than anyone and I've also done a lot of reading and questioning... really people have been suggesting almost from day one that he may be ADHD and I've just been kind of holding out, not wanting to accept it, wanting to hope against hope that it would all "go away", he would grow out of it, etc. He checks more than enough diagnostic boxes from the DSM criteria to fulfil the diagnosis - which he certainly does not for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Asperger's. Je also fits almost every profile of ADHD children I've read. More than that, it's just a kind of gut instinct, a knowing... I think he also has some sensory integration problems. And possibly learning difficulties such as dyslexia but all that is to be revealed...</p><p>Really I have just been fighting the label, wanting him to be "normal", etc. I expect everyone goes through a stage of that. But now I have accepted what has really been staring me in the face for four years and actually it feels like something of a relief... now I can face facts and get appropriate help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 429196, member: 11227"] Yes, Insane (not that it doesn't feel a little odd calling somone that :-)) - that is exactly what she said, in her words "I am out of my territory." So then are there speech therapists who work with hyperactive/ADHD (in my case° kids? I will have to do more phoning around. I think it was perhaps a personality mismatch in that J will, as is typical, stay focused if he is INTERESTED - and her manner of speaking and presentation were not very colourful or attracting if you see what I mean... I think someone who was more of a "showman" would have caught his interest and got him to answer the questions. As to whether it is reasonable to diagnose one's own children... well, I think it is in a way! I have lived with J day in, day out for four years. I know him better than anyone and I've also done a lot of reading and questioning... really people have been suggesting almost from day one that he may be ADHD and I've just been kind of holding out, not wanting to accept it, wanting to hope against hope that it would all "go away", he would grow out of it, etc. He checks more than enough diagnostic boxes from the DSM criteria to fulfil the diagnosis - which he certainly does not for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Asperger's. Je also fits almost every profile of ADHD children I've read. More than that, it's just a kind of gut instinct, a knowing... I think he also has some sensory integration problems. And possibly learning difficulties such as dyslexia but all that is to be revealed... Really I have just been fighting the label, wanting him to be "normal", etc. I expect everyone goes through a stage of that. But now I have accepted what has really been staring me in the face for four years and actually it feels like something of a relief... now I can face facts and get appropriate help. [/QUOTE]
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