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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 291513" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>My difficult child is ADHD also and while I haven't noticed excessive itching, he HAS to be doing SOMETHING all of the time. As with yours though, it's only when he's not absorbed in actually doing something. He watches TV, his feet are moving (which I see out of the corner of my eye and it drives me up a wall), he's folding/shredding/fiddling with a piece of paper, chewing on his finger.....something. It isn't physically possible for that boy to sit still. When he was younger, he would pick also but I think that was more of an anxiety thing. When we first got him, his earlobes were a mess. He would pick at them till a scab formed and then pick at the scab. It wouldn't heal as it was a continuous thing. He also did it somewhat on his head but some stability, frequent reminders to stop and some aloe gel took care of it after awhile.</p><p></p><p>Does your difficult child realize he's doing it? It may be a Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) thing or it just could be how his "fidgeting" manifests itself. Maybe he could carry a stress ball with him and mess with that instead of scratching if it's only a movement issue. I have to wonder though if the scratching isn't a way for him to calm himself and prepare for switching tasks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 291513, member: 2459"] My difficult child is ADHD also and while I haven't noticed excessive itching, he HAS to be doing SOMETHING all of the time. As with yours though, it's only when he's not absorbed in actually doing something. He watches TV, his feet are moving (which I see out of the corner of my eye and it drives me up a wall), he's folding/shredding/fiddling with a piece of paper, chewing on his finger.....something. It isn't physically possible for that boy to sit still. When he was younger, he would pick also but I think that was more of an anxiety thing. When we first got him, his earlobes were a mess. He would pick at them till a scab formed and then pick at the scab. It wouldn't heal as it was a continuous thing. He also did it somewhat on his head but some stability, frequent reminders to stop and some aloe gel took care of it after awhile. Does your difficult child realize he's doing it? It may be a Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) thing or it just could be how his "fidgeting" manifests itself. Maybe he could carry a stress ball with him and mess with that instead of scratching if it's only a movement issue. I have to wonder though if the scratching isn't a way for him to calm himself and prepare for switching tasks. [/QUOTE]
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