My son has ADHD and I’m happy?! | ADHD Information

Hi there my daughter is 5 has just been diagnosed with development delay of a 3 to 4 yr old and she also has ADHD i am uncentain about the medication (glad she is on it) but uncertain of the uncertain

chin up i am happy to chat anytime  

My 6 year old son is delayed developmentally to a 2 1/2 yr old level and we have know this for the last 4 yrs.  This last 6 mos has been impossible and I just haven't been able to get him to do anything nor has school.  So I told this all to the doctor and that his 2yr old sister focuses longer. And the running thing.  He said from our last visit he thought that my son could have ADHD on top of the delay, diagnosed him with ADHD and sent us home with medicine.  I am soooo thrilled, I'm not crazy!!!  I mean it's sad that something else is wrong with him but i'm happy that this has a treatment.  I'm not someone that likes medicine but we've tried everything not medicine because we thought it was part of his delay and nothing worked.  I'm just so excited that this could mean opening up new things for him and if we can get him to sit still for a minute we could get him to draw something besides a circle!!  I'm just so happy I had to share! I'm sure I'll be posting more once the newness wears off and I need some advice and support

-Maria

Believe me, I know how you feel! Instead of everything just being wrong
and not working, now, even though it's going to be a heck of a climb, at
least now you can make a roadmap and get someplace!

My one piece of advice is don't get discouraged if the first treatment
doesn't work. My son's treatment keeps changing as he gets older, and
the first med he was on he had a very bad reaction to. But now that he's
on a medication that works, he is doing phenomenally well.

Also - now that he's on meds for ADHD it's helped him in other areas. It
is possible that if you get your son's ADHD in check then the therapies
for his developmental delays will be more effective and work faster.

Congratulations on finding your answers! Remember how this feels when
things seem to get stuck in the mud. Another breakthrough will come
along, and another, and another. You guys will get through them all.

Best of luck to you!

tmmc wrote:
I think I'm in heaven

Yes, thats the feeling us moms experience when our children start to experience quality of life due to effective treatment

OMG...today is the second day on meds and when I was talking to him he looked at my eyes!!!!! Not at the things behind me but at my eyes! I'm soooo excited, I was excited to know that it could be treated but I never dreamt I'd see improved with the first drug, first dose this soon! Then he followed that up by sitting at the table and doing homework for 20 minutes.  I think I'm in heaven

I totally understand how you feel. I had the same feeling at disgnosis-at least I'm not crazy. My son has a problem, and there is an answer. It might not be "curable" but it won't kill him, and now we can begin to help him to deal with it. I don't think that I truly believed that he had ADHD until that 3rd day after he started the meds (where you are now). That was when his behavior changed-behavior that he had shown since infancy and I just accepted as "just Branden". 

Welcome to the club. I hope that your days are easier now.