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<blockquote data-quote="novangel" data-source="post: 403561"><p>Like I said before there's so many of you here that are dealing with huge issues in comparison to mine, so to those of you that are i'm sorry. I definitely feel humbled and silly for crying about my son's label after reading the majority of the posts here...never the less I still feel sad at times for my son.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I'm new to all of this and I guess what I want to know is are there different levels of severity to ADD? My son is 8. I would have to assume that since I can take my son to restaurants, count on him to keep his room organized/clean by himself and send him to mail bills or complete other tasks that I ask of him that he's not a real severe case?</p><p> </p><p>He struggles to stay on task in school (gets average to below average scores) and is easily distracted by trivial things. He also can be impulsive (impatient and talks out of turn) has a hard time following rules, a bit hyper, squirmy in his seat and argues sometimes but nothing real dramatic. He has a hard time retaining information to problem solve. He is on an IEP and sees a child psycholgist every week.</p><p> </p><p>So for those that have been there done that what should I expect from here? Do things usually get better as they get older or can the ADD get worse?</p><p> </p><p>I sometimes sit and cry imagining the worst. I know I shouldn't do that but I can't help it. I try to remain optimistic and then the thoughts of parole officers pop into my head. :/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novangel, post: 403561"] Like I said before there's so many of you here that are dealing with huge issues in comparison to mine, so to those of you that are i'm sorry. I definitely feel humbled and silly for crying about my son's label after reading the majority of the posts here...never the less I still feel sad at times for my son. Anyway, I'm new to all of this and I guess what I want to know is are there different levels of severity to ADD? My son is 8. I would have to assume that since I can take my son to restaurants, count on him to keep his room organized/clean by himself and send him to mail bills or complete other tasks that I ask of him that he's not a real severe case? He struggles to stay on task in school (gets average to below average scores) and is easily distracted by trivial things. He also can be impulsive (impatient and talks out of turn) has a hard time following rules, a bit hyper, squirmy in his seat and argues sometimes but nothing real dramatic. He has a hard time retaining information to problem solve. He is on an IEP and sees a child psycholgist every week. So for those that have been there done that what should I expect from here? Do things usually get better as they get older or can the ADD get worse? I sometimes sit and cry imagining the worst. I know I shouldn't do that but I can't help it. I try to remain optimistic and then the thoughts of parole officers pop into my head. :/ [/QUOTE]
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