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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 540287" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>This was the reason my difficult child never got ADHD diagnosis. He was impulsive and hyperactive and there was and is even some inattentiveness but he could always turn attention on, to concentrate, if he wanted to. And he didn't need any internal motivation to do so, if he was bribed well enough, he was doing just fine even with the most boring task. His attention is not typical anyway, he is very, very good at hyper focusing and can keep that on in lengthy periods of time, but that has always been seen as strength, not a symptom. But he can also focus 'normally' even to something boring, if he does have to. He just doesn't usually choose to do so. So it was always seen more as a choice for him, not something he simply couldn't do. It was always a close call though.</p><p></p><p>I think that in many areas in Europe the focus with AD(H)D is in attention, where in North America also hyperactivity/impulsiveness by themselves may be enough for diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 540287, member: 14557"] This was the reason my difficult child never got ADHD diagnosis. He was impulsive and hyperactive and there was and is even some inattentiveness but he could always turn attention on, to concentrate, if he wanted to. And he didn't need any internal motivation to do so, if he was bribed well enough, he was doing just fine even with the most boring task. His attention is not typical anyway, he is very, very good at hyper focusing and can keep that on in lengthy periods of time, but that has always been seen as strength, not a symptom. But he can also focus 'normally' even to something boring, if he does have to. He just doesn't usually choose to do so. So it was always seen more as a choice for him, not something he simply couldn't do. It was always a close call though. I think that in many areas in Europe the focus with AD(H)D is in attention, where in North America also hyperactivity/impulsiveness by themselves may be enough for diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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