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Would you medicate a 4 year old?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 203978" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'd get a neuropsychologist evaluation instead. It's more intensive. You do not know if she has ADHD and it is probably not a good idea to not consider that her behavior may be caused by other things as well. Hypernness and inattention is a symptom in many childhood disorders. </p><p>I would be cautious about medicating a child unless she had had a complete evaluation because if she has an ADHD mimicker then stimulants for ADHD could actually make things worse, and she may not be getting the right type of interventions. How does she do with her peers? How is her speech and potty training and motor skills? Does she make good eye contact with strangers? Are there any possible mood disorders in the family? Does she rage? ADHD doesn't stand by itself too often. usually other things are going on as well. Could be Learning Disability (LD) problems too. A neuropsychologist evaluation would catch it all. Just seeing a therapist won't because they don't do testing. My own personal opinion is that an Occupational Therapist (OT) isn't a good enough diagnostician for our little ones. My son went to Occupational Therapist (OT) for years. They really aren't trained to evaluate disorders. Good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 203978, member: 1550"] I'd get a neuropsychologist evaluation instead. It's more intensive. You do not know if she has ADHD and it is probably not a good idea to not consider that her behavior may be caused by other things as well. Hypernness and inattention is a symptom in many childhood disorders. I would be cautious about medicating a child unless she had had a complete evaluation because if she has an ADHD mimicker then stimulants for ADHD could actually make things worse, and she may not be getting the right type of interventions. How does she do with her peers? How is her speech and potty training and motor skills? Does she make good eye contact with strangers? Are there any possible mood disorders in the family? Does she rage? ADHD doesn't stand by itself too often. usually other things are going on as well. Could be Learning Disability (LD) problems too. A neuropsychologist evaluation would catch it all. Just seeing a therapist won't because they don't do testing. My own personal opinion is that an Occupational Therapist (OT) isn't a good enough diagnostician for our little ones. My son went to Occupational Therapist (OT) for years. They really aren't trained to evaluate disorders. Good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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