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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 525636" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Okay, this is an old chestnut but... I watched a programme here on TV last night about ADHD children, which was quite interesting. As usual, I recognised my own J in the descriptions - children who find it difficult to tolerate frustration, who are aggressive with other children and fascinated by fighting generally, who are hyperactive, etc. But, the doctor who specialises in ADHD whom they had on the show said at one point, in answer to a question about what differentiated turbulent children from children with ADHD, that ADHD kids cannot sit still for an hour, for example, listening to stories and that "a hyperactive child cannot calm himself."</p><p>Maybe the good doctor was just being not strictly scientific with his words. But my son would be capable of sitting still for long periods listening to stories - though he sucks his thumb and twists on a little "security cloth" he has (and he has always done this when sitting listening) and sits still and concentrates at school like all the other kids. The psychomotricien he sees says that he thinks J really fights to concentrate, that it is against his nature, but that he succeeds in doing so - as though he is very high functioning within his disability.</p><p>I would be very interested to hear others' experiences of hyperactivity and concentration. In the aim of, somewhere, some time, understanding what is going on with my son <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="Malika, post: 525636, member: 11227"] Okay, this is an old chestnut but... I watched a programme here on TV last night about ADHD children, which was quite interesting. As usual, I recognised my own J in the descriptions - children who find it difficult to tolerate frustration, who are aggressive with other children and fascinated by fighting generally, who are hyperactive, etc. But, the doctor who specialises in ADHD whom they had on the show said at one point, in answer to a question about what differentiated turbulent children from children with ADHD, that ADHD kids cannot sit still for an hour, for example, listening to stories and that "a hyperactive child cannot calm himself." Maybe the good doctor was just being not strictly scientific with his words. But my son would be capable of sitting still for long periods listening to stories - though he sucks his thumb and twists on a little "security cloth" he has (and he has always done this when sitting listening) and sits still and concentrates at school like all the other kids. The psychomotricien he sees says that he thinks J really fights to concentrate, that it is against his nature, but that he succeeds in doing so - as though he is very high functioning within his disability. I would be very interested to hear others' experiences of hyperactivity and concentration. In the aim of, somewhere, some time, understanding what is going on with my son :) [/QUOTE]
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