SO WIERD | ADHD Information

Get this, we took my 12 year old to a psychologist for the first time just to help him talk some things out and deal with some feelings.  Anyhow, it was so wierd. First my son just took his shoes off, then he layed on the couch, then he was in the fetal positon, then he was crawling on the floor, then trying to crawl on my lap.  All during the conversation with the Dr.

Then we left and he was back to normal again.  He like the Dr. but maybe he just felt uncomfortable in that situation of confronting his feelings? 

I was just staring at him like he was an alien or something.  He's not normally like that.

Can anyone relate???

What did you tell him the appointment was for?

Hello there...

When my son, 9 years old (ADHD), first went to his counselor he was very nervous. He started playing with things in the office, pacing back-and-forth, changing his voice a baby-talk voice, getting very close to me, putting his feet on the couch we were sitting on with shoes on & lots of interruptions. In speaking to the counselor afterwards, she said not to worry. It was looked like he was nervous and it was his way of dealing with it. (**I agree also with Luvmykids02**)

My son new we were going to see a "nice lady that his teacher wanted us to speak to since he was a new student and we could talk to her about any problems he might be having with her."

He is now seeing her once a week starting, last week.

Hang in there

Perhaps your son was feeling uncomfortable and also feeling anxiety as a result of feeling nervous. Sometimes when children feel nervous, they dont know how to verbally express it so they act out in a different way. Its just an educated guess but if he was fine when you left the doctors office, I would guess he was feeling stressed and nervous.

The pyschologist wasn't miffed at all.  He told me to just ignore it and my son was nervous and looking for attention.

To answer your question, he knew he was going there because he had made some comments about kids hating him and hating himself so I thought it might help.  Maybe he felt bad about himself and didn't know how to express it...that and being nervous.  It's hard to open up about your feelings to a stranger.

Boy I'd like to see what the psychologist writes about his behavior.  He'll likely say he needs to be treated like a baby because he missed out on that stage of development.    I agree its wierd, but like everyone else says, he was nervous. 

Hi,

My son did some similar things at his first appt. also - he was 8 years old - he still does act a little silly or nervous and he has been going to see her for a year now.

Hang in there and don't worry.

 

Diane