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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer just a couple of your questions, yes, I actually know a number of people who have received no diagnosis after evaluations or have been told that their child is a little anxious, or has some executive function challenges, but not enough of anything to receive a diagnosis. It is not my experience AT ALL that clinicians are quick to diagnose or medicate. In my own experience with psychologists and doctors, t they have been very conservative and careful. I, too, have a boy whose first three years showed no signs of any problems. He was always ahead on milestones, both physical and cognitive, and also very outgoing and social, who started to have serious problems in preschool. Believe me, I have been there: dreading the pickup and the relentlessly negative feedback from the teacher about my beloved child. It sucks. But these people really are here to help you. And again, in my experience, no one ever overstepped with a possible label. I, on the other hand, speculated about a lot of possibilities but my child didn't get the ADHD diagnosis until he was six and old enough to be given a neuropsych evaluation, which is more sophisticated and thorough than anything that can be administered at 3.[/quote]

Thanks.  Glad no one overstepped for you and I wish I could say the same.  I had a daycare provider suggest my kid might have autism and I had to resist the urge to bitch slap her.  When I told my ped that story she was like um, no.  Other things maybe, but definitely not ASD.

How did you cope with the relentlessly negative feedback?  It is so emotionally exhausting.  I make my husband do pick up so I don't have to deal with it these days.  On top of everything else, it is too much.  [/quote]

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