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[quote=Anonymous]My 3rd grader seems likely to be diagnosed with ADHD-Inattentive.  We're doing a full neuropsych in a couple weeks, but it seems we are likely headed in that direction.  The basics are that he is REALLY struggling in school (though previously scored highly on testing to get into private school), is terrible with anything detail oriented (language arts), terrible with anything requiring a process or multiple steps (math), frequently has to be reminded to stay on task at school, loses his stuff constantly (typically several things a week), has to be told multiple times to do anything, generally seems immature, and on and on.  I realize it's possible that the neuropsych could find other issues, like learning disabilities, anxiety, etc.

However, there is another issue with him that we find troubling, and I'm wondering if anyone else sees it in their ADHD kids.  DS has very little interest in anything.  He may have slight interest but the minute things get difficult, he isn't interested anymore.  He also just doesn't seem to try very hard or have any interest in getting better at anything, even the things he claims to like (like baseball).  He has quit or wants to quit most of the sports that he has been involved in, even though his friends still play (lacrosse, soccer, swimming, basketball).  He has declined to participate in school track/cross country, tennis, choir, drama, band, chess (some of these he can't participate in until next year but different friends have indicated they intend to participate but he doesn't want to).

He does play baseball and is a decent baseball player, but as things are starting to get more competitive, I can easily see him deciding that is too hard as well.  He also spends a lot of time messing around when he should be paying attention at practice or during games. He'll do clinics or camps if offered, but he really doesn't care about them and would probably rather be home on the couch.

It would be fine if he just wasn't a sporty kid, but there aren't other things he wants to do either.  No to art classes, martial arts classes, music, drama.  He's not a big reader.  Just no interest in anything really because everything is either "too hard" or "boring."

Are lots of kids like this and he just hasn't found his thing yet (I realize he's only 9)?  Is this somehow related to ADHD and the idea of avoiding things that are difficult or not being able to focus on things?  If it is ADHD-related, did any treatments (meds, therapy, etc) change this attitude? [/quote]

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