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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone noticed their child showing more signs of ADHD after starting middle school?

My son recently got a bus referral for throwing papers out the window (this happened right before a school break). This is his second bus referral this year and his fourth referral overall. If he gets in trouble again, he’ll lose bus privileges for the rest of the school year.

Last year (5th grade), he only had one referral—for being involved in a food fight. Toward the end of that year, he wasn’t getting formal referrals but would still get in trouble in class and occasionally miss activities. In earlier years, we’d get a couple of notes home each year about misbehavior.

Now in 6th grade, he’s had a few lunch detentions (we don’t have an exact count since we don’t always find out when they happen, and he hasn’t been keeping track). It feels like it’s getting harder for him to manage or “mask” behaviors that might be related to ADHD.

[b]The confusing part is that his grades are still good, so it’s not affecting him academically—at least not yet.[/b]

Is this kind of change common with ADHD as kids get older, especially during the transition to middle school? Or could this just be typical growing-up behavior? He does seem to check a lot of the ADHD boxes.

Would love to hear others’ experiences—thanks in advance![/quote]

My kid was not diagnosed until he basically failed 9th grade. Looking back, it should never have taken that long. He started hating school in 2nd grade. We moved schools and tried different things, but he never "looked like" ADHD. However, when I saw his evaluation and diagnoses, it was so obvious! He was impulsive (sounds like some of what you are describing) and didn't know how to stop when he was pumped up in a social setting.

He was not bouncing off the walls, he did not get in much trouble. He was able to mask and get by in private school, I think public middle would have been a different story. Late middle school he did get flagged and met with learning specialist some.

Highly recommend an evaluation now! High school has been awful academically because he has basically refused support. I think that would have been much easier to develop earlier. [/quote]

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