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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 6 year old who I strongly suspect has a moderate form of inattentive adhd. She has a diagnosed social anxiety issue which we have addressed and are managing though therapy and meds, so we aren’t entirely new to this road. She had a full neuropsych done last year but while they flagged adhd as a future watch out, she was too young for any sort of official diagnosis.

In school, her teachers have noticed thar she seems as if sometimes she’s not listening or often cant follow multi step instructions, but it is not at the point of interfering with learning and she is doing academically well,

From a social perspective, she has made friends with some other neurodivergent kids - i definitely see how her impulsivity comes out at times in social settings/has trouble sometimes with sustaining back-and-forth dialogue with more neurotypical peers. But that’s ok - she seems generally happy and does have friends. I have to be on her every step of the morning routine to get out the door on time. But nothing right now screams that we need to take real action, so we’re just watching. She is very young right now, but I feel that as academic demands increase, she will need more support and honestly I have no clue what that looks like .

Aside from checklists to help support executive function…if you watched and waited, how did you know it was time to get help? Do you redo the neuropsych?Who did you turn to? Does talk therapy ever help for adhd? Or is the only option meds? We do have a psychiatrist that prescribes her anxiety meds that we work with, but I would like to hear parental perspectives. [/quote]

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