Hi,just found this site today and i hope that it might be able to help me.
A while back my psychiatrist who was also seeing my son asked me if i would mind having him tested for add. When he 1st asked me i was like "ok" but after thinking about it some i decided that i didnt want him tested.I dint think that there was anything wrong with him,he was just a typical little boy and he would grow out of whatever it was that he was doing.
Starting in about 2nd grade my son was having a little bit of trouble in school,he wasnt paying attention,he wouldnt know what the teacher was talking about,he wouldnt write his homework assignments down .....the list could go on. He never failed any of his subjects but his grades were not that good. He got through 2nd grade and when he got to 3rd it was hard,he was still having the same problems.In both grades his teachers put him right next to their desk thinking that it might help him.We had his hearing and his eyes tested to see if those were hindering his learning. Still he was forgetting most of the things that he needed to bring home with him and i just didnt know what to do.Most of the other kids in his class were doing what they were supposed to but not him. I didnt know if he was just lazy and didnt want to do the work or what was going on. It really didnt help that i did not get along with his 2nd and 3rd grade teachers. i felt like they were judging me. judging my actions as a parent. Thankfully he got through the 3rd grade and now he is in 4th at a new school.
He has only been in school for about 3 weeks now and his teacher asked me to come in to talk. I went in feeling nervous because ive been through this before,i honestly do not know what i could have done or what i can do to help him learn better. Not long after we started talking she asked me if he had ever been tested for add and i told her no.I did tell here that someone had asked me to get him tested but we never went through with it. She told me that she thinks that i should get him tested,she has been a teacher for over 20yrs and both of her boys have add. She said that she see's some of the same things that her boys did in my son. He is a smart little boy and all his teacher have said that they can tell that he wants to learn and he wants to be there in the moment but he cant. its like he is lost,like he is zoned out.
I have had issues with him at home also. He doesnt seem to listen to anything that i say,unless i am right there by his side it just doesnt get done. I can tell him to go into his room to get a shirt,he will come out a few minutes later with a blank look on his face.So i will be like "K, where is the shirt that i asked you to get"? and he will say "oh,yeah i went in there but i forgot what i was supposed to get.
there are many more things that he does that makes me think that maybe there is something going on with him.
We have his dr's appointment on wed. so hopefully they can help me. i'm just a little bit worried because i feel like there are some dr's that are 2 quick to say that a child has add but then i also feel like there are dr's that are 2 quick to say that its something that they will grow out of.....
I just want help understanding what my child is going through......
A while back my psychiatrist who was also seeing my son asked me if i would mind having him tested for add. When he 1st asked me i was like "ok" but after thinking about it some i decided that i didnt want him tested.I dint think that there was anything wrong with him,he was just a typical little boy and he would grow out of whatever it was that he was doing.
Starting in about 2nd grade my son was having a little bit of trouble in school,he wasnt paying attention,he wouldnt know what the teacher was talking about,he wouldnt write his homework assignments down .....the list could go on. He never failed any of his subjects but his grades were not that good. He got through 2nd grade and when he got to 3rd it was hard,he was still having the same problems.In both grades his teachers put him right next to their desk thinking that it might help him.We had his hearing and his eyes tested to see if those were hindering his learning. Still he was forgetting most of the things that he needed to bring home with him and i just didnt know what to do.Most of the other kids in his class were doing what they were supposed to but not him. I didnt know if he was just lazy and didnt want to do the work or what was going on. It really didnt help that i did not get along with his 2nd and 3rd grade teachers. i felt like they were judging me. judging my actions as a parent. Thankfully he got through the 3rd grade and now he is in 4th at a new school.
He has only been in school for about 3 weeks now and his teacher asked me to come in to talk. I went in feeling nervous because ive been through this before,i honestly do not know what i could have done or what i can do to help him learn better. Not long after we started talking she asked me if he had ever been tested for add and i told her no.I did tell here that someone had asked me to get him tested but we never went through with it. She told me that she thinks that i should get him tested,she has been a teacher for over 20yrs and both of her boys have add. She said that she see's some of the same things that her boys did in my son. He is a smart little boy and all his teacher have said that they can tell that he wants to learn and he wants to be there in the moment but he cant. its like he is lost,like he is zoned out.
I have had issues with him at home also. He doesnt seem to listen to anything that i say,unless i am right there by his side it just doesnt get done. I can tell him to go into his room to get a shirt,he will come out a few minutes later with a blank look on his face.So i will be like "K, where is the shirt that i asked you to get"? and he will say "oh,yeah i went in there but i forgot what i was supposed to get.
there are many more things that he does that makes me think that maybe there is something going on with him.
We have his dr's appointment on wed. so hopefully they can help me. i'm just a little bit worried because i feel like there are some dr's that are 2 quick to say that a child has add but then i also feel like there are dr's that are 2 quick to say that its something that they will grow out of.....
I just want help understanding what my child is going through......