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it sounds alot like my cousin who has aspergers. she is now 16 and has bad mood swings, hits kids and teachers at the school and cant seem to control her emotions. if she doesnt want to be somewhere she will do everything she can to go. despite all this she is very smart. good luck hope you find the right diognosis< id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" ="">Hello. My name is Tina. I am a mother of 2 boys. My oldest son Julian who is 5, I suspect has ADHD. He has all the signs and I don't know what to do. He's been having behavioral problems. When he is mad, he will hit, kick, scream, and bang his head against the wall. He is a runner also and will run out in the street. He almost got hit once when he got out of the house. Last month, he almost ran into the highway. We were at Chuck E. Cheese. The one place that I thought he would be safe. I was wrong. He ducked under the red rope, ran out the door, and almost got into the highway. He is unbearable in public. I can't even take him out anymore without him making a scene. It is like pulling teeth to get him inside the house after I let him out for a while. He screamed to the top of his lungs and kicked me like crazy. He has bad mood swings and if it wasn't for him going to a school for kids with special needs, I think they would kick him out. He won't listen to his teacher, he won't do his work, he can't sit still in his chair, he is always on the go, he climbs on everything, he tries to break stuff on purpose, he hits on his little brother, he doesn't finish what he starts, has difficulty following directions, cannot play quietly almost like he doesn't have an inside voice. Also he has some separation Anxiety. He's been that way since he was about 3. He would have a complete meltdown when I used to take him to school. I send him on the van now and he has recently started to get clingy and not wanting to get on the van. He won't sleep in his own bed. He sleeps in the bed with me and my husband. I used to lay down beside him in his bed until he fell asleep but now, I can't even do that. I get so frustrated with him. He was diagnosed with Asperger's when he was 3. I now however believe that he was misdiagnosed. I've done research about it and it doesn't sound like him at all. I have an appointment at a behavioral clinic on the 27th so hopefully I will get some answers. Does this sound like ADHD? Thanks for your help in advance! Some of it sounds like ADHD. But it seems like more is going on here. I hope you get answers on the 27th.

It is sooooo important to get the proper diagnosis so it's great that you are educating yourself before you go to the appointment!  You can be a huge help to the doctor just by having an understanding of the possible problems.  Hopefully this doctor will be experienced enough with ADHD (and other disorders) and give you the right diagnosis!

That being said...YES it sounds like ADHD to me!  Your son sounds A LOT like mine! My son (without medication) is all of the things you described.  He has an especially bad problem with impulsivity.  He would run out into the road, grab strangers in the park, break things...well you know the drill I'm sure!  He NEVER sat still and just forget about focusing!  His mood swings and meltdowns were awful!  We basically didn't take him out in public for a year or two. It was so sad.

We tried many many different things trying to help him (and us) and went to many different doctors, but the bottom line is that medication is the ONLY thing that made any real difference with his ADHD behaviors.

My son also has Sensory Integration Disorder which caused horrible meltdowns that seemed to have no reason.  Once we learned about SPD we could tell what his triggers were and try to avoid them.  Occupational Therapy has helped tremendously with it.

I wish you the best of luck at your apt on the 27th!

 

His symptoms are not the same as my daughters at that age but it seems
symptoms are different with each child. Hope you find some answers and
can then work towards getting some relief. It's sound very stressful. I wish
you and your son the best of luck.