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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 414624" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks for this, Janet. Funnily enough, I was thinking of your son the other day as I was talking to a friend about adults with ADHD and she was saying that she didn't know any; I said I didn't either but there were people who SEEM hyperactive but have never had the diagnosis. Then later I thought of your son and wondered how his ADHD "manifests" as an adult, which you have answered a little.</p><p>It is interesting to hear anecdotal evidence. I can see my son in yours - physically. Mine also taught himself to ride without training wheels shortly after his third birthday, is constantly in movement and impulsive. Some problems with aggression (usually "playfulness" that goes too far - only person he hits in anger is me...) Etc. Thus far it all looks very like ADHD.</p><p>However... my son has no discernible problems with concentration. He concentrates normally for his age, I would say. Can play for a long time by himself, sits and does puzzles by himself, certainly watches DVD all the way through and so on. He sits with the other children in school and does the exercises they do; his teacher has said to me she doesn't see how he can be hyperactive because of this. Yet in other situations one would certainly say he is hyperactive... In my now fairly extensive reading on the subject I have learnt that sometimes children can be hyperactive as an emotional response to difficult circumstances, for example. I absolutely do not dispute the use of the stimulants in some cases, where it clearly allows a child to follow a school programme, etc. But for the moment it looks like my son will be able to go to school unmedicated.</p><p>Sometimes I think it would be very tempting to give medication to my son if it would make him more welcome in people's houses, for example - not rushing around wildly. Or if it would stop him having tantrums that also make people think he is not very nice to know... But, as Ross Greene says, medications themselves do not teach the skills that children lack that makes them do these things... And while I totally haven't shut the door on the idea that one day my son may take medications, I am naturally concerned, as most people are, about the side effects and so on. It just seems preferable to get through without medications IF ONE CAN and to use all the other available means...</p><p>I am glad your son is a "success story". Gives me hope <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="Malika, post: 414624, member: 11227"] Thanks for this, Janet. Funnily enough, I was thinking of your son the other day as I was talking to a friend about adults with ADHD and she was saying that she didn't know any; I said I didn't either but there were people who SEEM hyperactive but have never had the diagnosis. Then later I thought of your son and wondered how his ADHD "manifests" as an adult, which you have answered a little. It is interesting to hear anecdotal evidence. I can see my son in yours - physically. Mine also taught himself to ride without training wheels shortly after his third birthday, is constantly in movement and impulsive. Some problems with aggression (usually "playfulness" that goes too far - only person he hits in anger is me...) Etc. Thus far it all looks very like ADHD. However... my son has no discernible problems with concentration. He concentrates normally for his age, I would say. Can play for a long time by himself, sits and does puzzles by himself, certainly watches DVD all the way through and so on. He sits with the other children in school and does the exercises they do; his teacher has said to me she doesn't see how he can be hyperactive because of this. Yet in other situations one would certainly say he is hyperactive... In my now fairly extensive reading on the subject I have learnt that sometimes children can be hyperactive as an emotional response to difficult circumstances, for example. I absolutely do not dispute the use of the stimulants in some cases, where it clearly allows a child to follow a school programme, etc. But for the moment it looks like my son will be able to go to school unmedicated. Sometimes I think it would be very tempting to give medication to my son if it would make him more welcome in people's houses, for example - not rushing around wildly. Or if it would stop him having tantrums that also make people think he is not very nice to know... But, as Ross Greene says, medications themselves do not teach the skills that children lack that makes them do these things... And while I totally haven't shut the door on the idea that one day my son may take medications, I am naturally concerned, as most people are, about the side effects and so on. It just seems preferable to get through without medications IF ONE CAN and to use all the other available means... I am glad your son is a "success story". Gives me hope :-) [/QUOTE]
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