hi big dreamer. I am pretty new here myself and going through a similar situation with my 4 year old, but we don't have a diagnosis yet. Some things in your post did trigger something for me! THe way you described your ds in "hyper-mode" sounds so much like what we see. He has these episodes where he just seems so disconnected, EXTREMELY wound up, defiant, and just not able to control himself. At this moments he really looks like he cannot stop (like you said with your ds) and can't make eye contact - he is just not connecting. Is this similar to what you see?
Sorry - I will not be of much help. But reading through many of these threads has been elightening for me. I hope you find the help you need here.
hi there,Hi - I have been looking around this website for a few weeks now, trying to absorb as much information as I can obtain from everyones messages here.
Our son is 5 years old, and was just recently diagnosed ADHD by a therapist. So offically today our son is on 5mg of Adderall once a day.
I was wondering if anyone out there would be telling me what all to expect. I am so nervous, anxious and worried. Doctors can tell you things that you might expect to see/happen, but I would really like to hear others stories.
Just a brief description of our son. He is hyper-active and has outbursts. He is not violent, and is generally a very caring kid. He suffers in school because he has a hard time focusing on one thing. The only way that he can accomplish things currently is with one-on-one attention and that even sometimes is not enough, the teacher (preschool) really cannot just devote her time soley to him. We know he is a smart kid, but he just cannot put things together in his mind sometimes to just focus on what he has too. He sometimes can just give you that blank look stare when he is hyper-mode like he just cannot stop.
well I could go on and on with everything that we deal with. But I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advise, recommendations...anything. This, like I said is a new chapter in our lives...
Thanks....sorry for the rambling.
hi bigdreamer welcome.
Hard to tell you what to expect as everyone's journey is quite different. My biggest advice is to keep reading. There are thousands and thousands of posts here. Every one of them will probably trigger something for you . There are many, many active memebers on board that will anser all of your questions. You rarely see an unanswered post here.
You're already on the right path, by diagnosing and helping your son early. He is only 5 and a lot will change with maturity (for the better). Good luck, and happy to have you here.
Diane V - thanks for the welcome! Yes, that is what we have told ourselves is that we are doing him a big "favor" in helping him now, before the situation leads to other things.
shellb06- yes your situation sounds a lot like how my son can be. We really got concerned when school started for him this year. He was just having a lot of social issues, and lack of certain skills that we knew he could do, but just not perform at school, is what really made us go this route, to have him evaluated. Good luck with your son too.
manalc - we did discuss behaviour therapy for him, but at this point no decision is being made with that... They want to wait to see what kind of progress we make first with the adderall, than if need be we can go that route too.
I had a hard time with my sons diagnosis (ADHD/Anxiety) when he was first