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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 413539" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Now this for me raises interesting questions... assumptions I have made, as we all make them... The assumption I had made is that one doesn't medicate for the hyperactivity component but for the attention deficit component, allowing a child to follow a normal school programme... which is why, I guess, I just have this other assumption that if we can't come to a conclusive ADHD diagnosis and if my son seems to be keeping up in school, then I simply imagine living with and dealing with the hyperactivity without medications...</p><p>But from what you are saying I see that some people want the medications because of the hyperactivity... And I guess it's funny what comes to seem "normal"... my son sounds like the little boy you were horrified at, Stepto2! Running round in circles and not sitting still... if he isn't bothering anyone by this behaviour, or endangering himself or others, it doesn't seem a problem to me... just how he is, which is different to the "norm".... So maybe I have of a skewed angle on all this!</p><p>But I was interested about the neuro-psychologists as I've seen so many references to them on this forum. DO they diagnose specifically for ADHD and to they do so before the age of six in the States?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 413539, member: 11227"] Now this for me raises interesting questions... assumptions I have made, as we all make them... The assumption I had made is that one doesn't medicate for the hyperactivity component but for the attention deficit component, allowing a child to follow a normal school programme... which is why, I guess, I just have this other assumption that if we can't come to a conclusive ADHD diagnosis and if my son seems to be keeping up in school, then I simply imagine living with and dealing with the hyperactivity without medications... But from what you are saying I see that some people want the medications because of the hyperactivity... And I guess it's funny what comes to seem "normal"... my son sounds like the little boy you were horrified at, Stepto2! Running round in circles and not sitting still... if he isn't bothering anyone by this behaviour, or endangering himself or others, it doesn't seem a problem to me... just how he is, which is different to the "norm".... So maybe I have of a skewed angle on all this! But I was interested about the neuro-psychologists as I've seen so many references to them on this forum. DO they diagnose specifically for ADHD and to they do so before the age of six in the States? [/QUOTE]
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