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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 546188" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would go to somebody besides a pediatrician before I put my son on anything. He's young to get correctly diagnosed, but I agree it could be more than ADHD, which is often a young child's diagnosis that changes with time. </p><p></p><p>My son is also on the spectrum and he was hyperactive off the wall. They tried him on stims, but that just made h im mean and aggressive, which he wasn't. In retrospect, I don't believe children should be on medication that young. I'm sorry I played the medication game with my son at such an early age. He is 19 now and medication free. His early hyperactivity has waned. He's left with the high functioning autism and that doesn't require medications in 50% of the cases. </p><p></p><p>If you want to maybe consider medication, in my opinion you should take him to see a neuropsychologist first. I think they are the best diagnosticians. Pediatricians are terrible diagnosticians. It's not t heir field. And counselors and therapists are not trained to accurately diagnose. And they often just chalk everything up to ADHD/ODD, which is often the wrong diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board, but sorry you have to be here. Still...nice having you <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="BusynMember, post: 546188, member: 1550"] I would go to somebody besides a pediatrician before I put my son on anything. He's young to get correctly diagnosed, but I agree it could be more than ADHD, which is often a young child's diagnosis that changes with time. My son is also on the spectrum and he was hyperactive off the wall. They tried him on stims, but that just made h im mean and aggressive, which he wasn't. In retrospect, I don't believe children should be on medication that young. I'm sorry I played the medication game with my son at such an early age. He is 19 now and medication free. His early hyperactivity has waned. He's left with the high functioning autism and that doesn't require medications in 50% of the cases. If you want to maybe consider medication, in my opinion you should take him to see a neuropsychologist first. I think they are the best diagnosticians. Pediatricians are terrible diagnosticians. It's not t heir field. And counselors and therapists are not trained to accurately diagnose. And they often just chalk everything up to ADHD/ODD, which is often the wrong diagnosis. Welcome to the board, but sorry you have to be here. Still...nice having you :) [/QUOTE]
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