Hi everyone,
I need some advice and help. I believe i'm doing all the right things in order to get the help i need but even before i start i feel i will have to fight my corner. My son has always been hard work but i put it down to having a child that was boisterous. i had an extremely tough eleven years with a husband who was an alcoholic as well as drug issues and raising two other children. Finally split up with husband but last year he was killed. Since then i have completely turned my life around for the sake of my children my life couldn't be more settled even if i tried.Now that the dust has settled i can see much more clearly that my son has problems which seem to be getting worse with pubity.He never completes tasks of any sort and i can go on all day and he would forget as soon as something grabs his attention. He is horrid to his siblings...physically hurting his brother and saying horrendous things to his 4 yr old sister. he does not seem to think he is in the wrong , never takes responsibility even if it is plainly obvious. He fridgits and squirms when you talk to him almost seems, he has ticks. Loses everything only time he will give his full attention is when he is on the computer playing this particular game. When he doesnt get his way he will cause arguments. He is getting excluded from school , and now they are concerned about him. The list is endless, some say aspergers(talking to friends) i think Adhd but i would say he is more inattentive then hyper but then again we sometimes find him wondering around in the night. i am gravely corcerned. have appointments set in place with CAHMS and gp as well as the school. Feel if i air my concerns i will not be listened to. do not want them to think it was down to the death of my huband as these issues have been here since he was a babay....i.e. sleep deprivation.
any advice please.
hi and welcome. Sounds to me like you're doing all the right things. I'm not sure what CAHMS is though? He should be evaluated by a neuropsychologist. They would be able to differentiate between any of the disorders.....most of the time. Although the line between many of these disorders is quite blurred. Including PTSD. In any even, he quite obviously needs help and that is what you're doing for him. Take it one step at a time and see how these evaluations come out.[QUOTE=Diane V]hi and welcome. Sounds to me like you're doing all the right things. I'm not sure what CAHMS is though? He should be evaluated by a neuropsychologist. They would be able to differentiate between any of the disorders.....most of the time. Although the line between many of these disorders is quite blurred. Including PTSD. In any even, he quite obviously needs help and that is what you're doing for him. Take it one step at a time and see how these evaluations come out.[/QUOTE]
CAMHS is child adolesence mental and health services
perfect. sounds like exactly the right team.