DramaQueenLucy
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My Mommy instinct is telling me that the ADHD isn't the right diagnoses!
difficult child 2 has health issues as well that I want looked at:
1) Sleep Issues~even as a baby he slept longer and harder then most kiddos but it was hard for him to fall asleep. Since then there had been times that he has fallen asleep at strange places ie.restaurant, school, shower. He had a sleep study that said he had some soft tissue causing sleep apna. So we had his adenoids out again. He still takes naps and wakes up at night for hours (I find him in the living room watching cartoons) No matter how much I try to keep him on a sleep schedule it doesn't work due to him waking or not being able to go to sleep. I have set up another sleep study to check this.
2) Learning Disability (LD) Testing~He was only tested by the school system, they did it pretty quickly in my opinion it only taking 4 hours from start to finish. Yes I do think that he has some kind of Learning Disability (LD) but maybe there is more to it then the school noticed? He does have according to the school Working Memory issues.
3) Sugar~ his Bio-Father has diabetes and has since he was 8 or 9 years old. Lets check this boys sugar!
4) Thyroid disorders~We have tons of them in my family, so why not check it out and see.
5) Vitamin deficiencies~Isn't there a simple blood test that could rule this out?
6) Depression~Yes, there is depression in both sides of the family and on difficult child 2 Father's side of the family there is bi-polar, can't they check at least for some kinds of depression through blood work?
difficult child 2 was on Ritalin for 9 months with the doctor changing his dose and such with no results at all. I gave him an AMP (142mg of caffeine) this morning when he was at the bus stop and his behavior was worse at school today! The Psychologist that just tested him only tested for depression and ADHD nothing else, how can you make a determination with out looking to all the avenues, Know what I mean??
difficult child 2 has health issues as well that I want looked at:
1) Sleep Issues~even as a baby he slept longer and harder then most kiddos but it was hard for him to fall asleep. Since then there had been times that he has fallen asleep at strange places ie.restaurant, school, shower. He had a sleep study that said he had some soft tissue causing sleep apna. So we had his adenoids out again. He still takes naps and wakes up at night for hours (I find him in the living room watching cartoons) No matter how much I try to keep him on a sleep schedule it doesn't work due to him waking or not being able to go to sleep. I have set up another sleep study to check this.
2) Learning Disability (LD) Testing~He was only tested by the school system, they did it pretty quickly in my opinion it only taking 4 hours from start to finish. Yes I do think that he has some kind of Learning Disability (LD) but maybe there is more to it then the school noticed? He does have according to the school Working Memory issues.
3) Sugar~ his Bio-Father has diabetes and has since he was 8 or 9 years old. Lets check this boys sugar!
4) Thyroid disorders~We have tons of them in my family, so why not check it out and see.
5) Vitamin deficiencies~Isn't there a simple blood test that could rule this out?
6) Depression~Yes, there is depression in both sides of the family and on difficult child 2 Father's side of the family there is bi-polar, can't they check at least for some kinds of depression through blood work?
difficult child 2 was on Ritalin for 9 months with the doctor changing his dose and such with no results at all. I gave him an AMP (142mg of caffeine) this morning when he was at the bus stop and his behavior was worse at school today! The Psychologist that just tested him only tested for depression and ADHD nothing else, how can you make a determination with out looking to all the avenues, Know what I mean??