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<blockquote data-quote="forkeeps251" data-source="post: 488223" data-attributes="member: 12854"><p>Thanks for all the feedback. </p><p>I was actually kind of wondering what questions I answered that flagged him as depressed. I would think that someone who suffers from depression would have it present more often then when they are just in trouble, but maybe I am missing some things... He is kind of a "loner", I wonder if that is a sign, for example? I mean, often times, he does act like a normal, happy, silly five year old. Probably more often that not, at least at home (home life is MUCH better for him than school life... not as many problems). I guess sometimes he does withdrawl, but usually that is short lived or when he is in trouble. </p><p></p><p>The only time I've seen him really upset was last week after I was called to pick him up from school after he threw a chair. He wasn't having a temper tantrum... in fact just the opposite. The school finally decided to call me after for five minutes they couldn't get him to speak or move or look at them or anything. He just completely shut down between the time he threw the chair and when I picked him up. The only movement he made was that the principal said he was going to leave the chair where it was so that "Mommy could see what he had done", and he got up and moved the chair and sat down in it (not defiantly, the principal had been asking that he pick it up before he said that). Other than that there was no communication, and when I picked him up, same thing for a little while. He went home and lied in bed. It was almost as if he had gone beyond a temper tantrum with tears and all to something else. He eventually worked his way out of it though. </p><p></p><p>He is on a waiting list to get an appointment I think at a neuropsychologist... and thank you all for reminding me, but I do still need to do an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation on him. I'm putting that on my list to do today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forkeeps251, post: 488223, member: 12854"] Thanks for all the feedback. I was actually kind of wondering what questions I answered that flagged him as depressed. I would think that someone who suffers from depression would have it present more often then when they are just in trouble, but maybe I am missing some things... He is kind of a "loner", I wonder if that is a sign, for example? I mean, often times, he does act like a normal, happy, silly five year old. Probably more often that not, at least at home (home life is MUCH better for him than school life... not as many problems). I guess sometimes he does withdrawl, but usually that is short lived or when he is in trouble. The only time I've seen him really upset was last week after I was called to pick him up from school after he threw a chair. He wasn't having a temper tantrum... in fact just the opposite. The school finally decided to call me after for five minutes they couldn't get him to speak or move or look at them or anything. He just completely shut down between the time he threw the chair and when I picked him up. The only movement he made was that the principal said he was going to leave the chair where it was so that "Mommy could see what he had done", and he got up and moved the chair and sat down in it (not defiantly, the principal had been asking that he pick it up before he said that). Other than that there was no communication, and when I picked him up, same thing for a little while. He went home and lied in bed. It was almost as if he had gone beyond a temper tantrum with tears and all to something else. He eventually worked his way out of it though. He is on a waiting list to get an appointment I think at a neuropsychologist... and thank you all for reminding me, but I do still need to do an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation on him. I'm putting that on my list to do today. [/QUOTE]
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