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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who diagnosed the ADHD? Do you having a professional treating/prescribing for it? If so, I would suggest that you and DH sit down with that professional to discuss the trouble you're having. Develop a routine at that meeting. At least for my DH, advice coming from a professional means so much more than the same advice coming from me.

ADHD and dyslexia are often co-morbid, so I agree with your instincts to get him evaluated. If your family dynamics are like mine, I'd recommend just going ahead and doing it. My DH is often slow to acknowledge that there's a problem, but he almost always comes around once I get a professional on my side.[/quote]

Good questions.  A psychologist diagnosed through observation, counseling and electronic testing.  Because life is so crazy we'd gotten out of the routine of going to her, plus she felt like he was doing well during the school year (and he was, he was doing GREAT) so she didn't need to see him as often.  So it went from monthly to oh yeah, we haven't seen [i]her[/i] in a while.  I'm going to call her and schedule a monthly appointment for the two of us and for 7yo too.  And yes, I'm going to ask her to evaluate him for dyslexia or refer us to someone who can.  I said to DH from the time our kid was 3 that he was going to be diagnosed ADHD at some point, and I was right about that.  He's my baby.  I carried him.  I KNOW when something is not right.  I'm not sticking my head in the sand like a GD ostrich while he suffers and falls behind.[/quote]

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