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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anecdotal story here but my son has the same profile as yours - sensory diagnosis, all of the things you said.  Now he's a 16 year old boy who was diagnosed with ADHD at 11, medication has been a life saver for him.[/quote]

Same but DX at 9 and now is 11.  I was hesitant about medicating such a young child but, on days when he forgets to take the meds in the AM, I can tell the minute he gets in the car to go home from school.  I can only imagine how rough the school day was for him and the teacher.  We decided to try the meds as a test and it made an immediate, positive impact.  He was much happier too because he would get really upset about getting in trouble and his inability to control himself sometimes.

Agree that teacher can't (or shouldn't) DX.  They can and may recommend a screening.  Your ped may have a recommendation or you can find a developmental ped.  It can take a while to get an appt with a developmental ped so make appts with all that you can and also ask to be on the call list for cancellations.  When we made appts, I think the earliest was 8 or 9 months out but we got in within 2 mos with a cancellation.

My son is doing much better with medication.  The meds aren't a magic bullet but it takes the edge off for him and makes it easier for him to regulate and control himself.  I am hopeful that he'll eventually develop the ability to do this without any meds but we're not there right now.

Also, my son is like yours in that he was pretty well behaved during sports.  I think part of that is the physical exertion gives him an outlet and focus.  The meds are worn off by the time he has sports after school and we haven't felt or seen the need to give him and afternoon booster.  He doesn't take any meds on the weekends but we keep him very busy.  He has sports practice every week night and 4-5 games between Friday PM and Sunday PM.  It is a lot and would be way overkill from my other child but DS needs and craves it.  Everyone would be miserable if he didn't have at least one game per day on the weekend.

Good luck![/quote]

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