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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 469603" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Ummm.... my gut reaction? You don't medicate what you don't know... psychiatrist doesn't know what's going on either, so is "trying" medications? You can do that in an absolute crisis... but this doesn't seem to be a crisis.</p><p></p><p>Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation sounds like its critical - definitely sensory issues. More importantly, Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies to help.</p><p></p><p>Background noise... may end up being an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) (there is one where the person has normal hearing and normal language comprehension, but can't filter out the background noise) - in this case, it also leads to sensory overload, on top of trying to figure out what you're supposed to do because you didn't catch the instructions... They will NOT test for this at this age - too many other things to rule out first, and you need to have developed "concentration" skills for the tests to work. But for now... reduce background noise as much as possible, and see if there are ways to do this at preschool/daycare as well.</p><p></p><p>On top of that? the whole obsession-with-a-topic thing and some of the other things you describe, almost sound like traits from the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum... that does not mean he IS on the spectrum, but its possible to have some of the traits even if you're not. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspergers will be something on your "rule out" list... definitely want evaluated. </p><p></p><p>Sensory and auditory issues tend to generate a LOT of anxiety. So, can anxiety be a factor? Sure. But if these are at the root, you won't solve the anxiety problem with medications... you HAVE to get to the root causes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 469603, member: 11791"] Ummm.... my gut reaction? You don't medicate what you don't know... psychiatrist doesn't know what's going on either, so is "trying" medications? You can do that in an absolute crisis... but this doesn't seem to be a crisis. Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation sounds like its critical - definitely sensory issues. More importantly, Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies to help. Background noise... may end up being an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) (there is one where the person has normal hearing and normal language comprehension, but can't filter out the background noise) - in this case, it also leads to sensory overload, on top of trying to figure out what you're supposed to do because you didn't catch the instructions... They will NOT test for this at this age - too many other things to rule out first, and you need to have developed "concentration" skills for the tests to work. But for now... reduce background noise as much as possible, and see if there are ways to do this at preschool/daycare as well. On top of that? the whole obsession-with-a-topic thing and some of the other things you describe, almost sound like traits from the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum... that does not mean he IS on the spectrum, but its possible to have some of the traits even if you're not. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspergers will be something on your "rule out" list... definitely want evaluated. Sensory and auditory issues tend to generate a LOT of anxiety. So, can anxiety be a factor? Sure. But if these are at the root, you won't solve the anxiety problem with medications... you HAVE to get to the root causes. [/QUOTE]
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