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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 414619" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I just wanted to chime in on the ADHD subject. It is very real. Nowadays it tends to be thought of as a neurobiological condition though, instead of straight psychiatric. My "simple" ADHD kid was diagnosed at age 4 and he was hyper as all get out and the extreme focus and attention issues really stood out as soon as he hit kindergarten. Before that it was his extreme hyperactivity and lack of being able to focus on much of anything at home. He was the one who would be in mid sentence when he would be saying something like "mommy, I just saw a...oh look at that butterfly!" </p><p></p><p>He was extremely physically active. He taught himself to ride a two wheeler bike without training wheels on his third birthday. He could hit a pitched ball by the time he was 3 and a half. He was goalie on a soccer team at 4. He never sat still. I dont think he ever watched a complete tv show until he was at least 10. The only times he played video games was when it was raining outside. He climbed trees and held onto the tops of them and parachuted out of them by holding on to the tip tops. He jumped of the roof of our house onto mattresses. </p><p></p><p>Thats when I got him a trampoline...lol. </p><p></p><p>Ritalin did do wonders for him. He took it from the age of 4 until he was 14. He stopped it so he could do HS without it so he could be four years off medication to enter the Marines. He ran 3 miles every morning and 3 miles every afternoon to help himself with his hyperactivity. He made it through the marines but he is still ADHD and he still has something in constant motion...his legs or his foot. He still has a bit of trouble concentrating on more than one thing at a time. He has taught himself some tricks to manage life. He does okay now. He talks all the time! </p><p></p><p>Without medications, he would have never made it though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 414619, member: 1514"] I just wanted to chime in on the ADHD subject. It is very real. Nowadays it tends to be thought of as a neurobiological condition though, instead of straight psychiatric. My "simple" ADHD kid was diagnosed at age 4 and he was hyper as all get out and the extreme focus and attention issues really stood out as soon as he hit kindergarten. Before that it was his extreme hyperactivity and lack of being able to focus on much of anything at home. He was the one who would be in mid sentence when he would be saying something like "mommy, I just saw a...oh look at that butterfly!" He was extremely physically active. He taught himself to ride a two wheeler bike without training wheels on his third birthday. He could hit a pitched ball by the time he was 3 and a half. He was goalie on a soccer team at 4. He never sat still. I dont think he ever watched a complete tv show until he was at least 10. The only times he played video games was when it was raining outside. He climbed trees and held onto the tops of them and parachuted out of them by holding on to the tip tops. He jumped of the roof of our house onto mattresses. Thats when I got him a trampoline...lol. Ritalin did do wonders for him. He took it from the age of 4 until he was 14. He stopped it so he could do HS without it so he could be four years off medication to enter the Marines. He ran 3 miles every morning and 3 miles every afternoon to help himself with his hyperactivity. He made it through the marines but he is still ADHD and he still has something in constant motion...his legs or his foot. He still has a bit of trouble concentrating on more than one thing at a time. He has taught himself some tricks to manage life. He does okay now. He talks all the time! Without medications, he would have never made it though. [/QUOTE]
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