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<blockquote data-quote="CWrixon" data-source="post: 715750" data-attributes="member: 22127"><p>FireFly2: I have been in your shoes before! It sounds as if your child may have the early signs of Narcolepsy which can go along with and mimic the symptoms of ADHD and depression plus some of the others you are describing. My oldest son witch is now 21 years old was diagnosed with Narcolepsy at the age of 14. This was after years of ADHD medications only and not understanding that we were dealing with two diagnosis not just one. Narcolepsy in children shows up as all of the defiance behaviors that you were speaking of plus the tiredness he experiences throughout the day. I have a rare brain disease with Narcolepsy and ADHD. My oldest son has all three as well.. My youngest son which is 5 years old is showing signs of the ADHD and Narcolepsy. We are not sure about the rare brain disease as the MRI test for that will not show a positive result until he is in his late teens. The reason I saw your post is because my 5 year old started peeing on purpose in his room and in the kitchen just because! This never happened with my older boys so I was looking online for some answers. It now looks as though other people have this same problem. I have taught school for many years. Our son has all of our attention since he is the only child still left at home, so it is not an attention problem. We take turns playing with him. I am a stay at home mom and my husband runs his own business from our house. I definitely know how to change children''s behavior using positive reinforcement because that was one of my specialties!! This peeing is driving me crazy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CWrixon, post: 715750, member: 22127"] FireFly2: I have been in your shoes before! It sounds as if your child may have the early signs of Narcolepsy which can go along with and mimic the symptoms of ADHD and depression plus some of the others you are describing. My oldest son witch is now 21 years old was diagnosed with Narcolepsy at the age of 14. This was after years of ADHD medications only and not understanding that we were dealing with two diagnosis not just one. Narcolepsy in children shows up as all of the defiance behaviors that you were speaking of plus the tiredness he experiences throughout the day. I have a rare brain disease with Narcolepsy and ADHD. My oldest son has all three as well.. My youngest son which is 5 years old is showing signs of the ADHD and Narcolepsy. We are not sure about the rare brain disease as the MRI test for that will not show a positive result until he is in his late teens. The reason I saw your post is because my 5 year old started peeing on purpose in his room and in the kitchen just because! This never happened with my older boys so I was looking online for some answers. It now looks as though other people have this same problem. I have taught school for many years. Our son has all of our attention since he is the only child still left at home, so it is not an attention problem. We take turns playing with him. I am a stay at home mom and my husband runs his own business from our house. I definitely know how to change children''s behavior using positive reinforcement because that was one of my specialties!! This peeing is driving me crazy. [/QUOTE]
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