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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting.  I never bought into the SPD thing.  My child had sensory stuff going on but I went first to a developmental pediatrician.  We do OT after a diagnosis and in combination with other things, but I wouldn't have imagined going to just an OT for therapy first since I guess I just assumed sensory stuff was part and parcel of a bigger picture.  In our case, it was ADHD and the diagnosis was not in the least surprising.[/quote]

I think I bought into it at first because the sensory defensiveness was the only obvious thing wrong with my child at that age... he was overwhelmed by crowds, noise, hated tags, teethbrushing, wanted to play with kids but was so bothered by them, and so on. Well, anxiety was the other thing we picked up on early on but I think, technically, generalized anxiety is not a pediatric diagnosis either, even though every physician we ever talk to accepts the diagnosis.

My son was eventually also diagnosed with ADHD at age 6, but in the early years he was neither unusually hyperactive nor impulsive, if anything less so than most peers. And because he has always hyperfocused, we thought his attention span was extraordinary. So because ADHD was not on our radar at all, I believed that SPD might be the underlying problem that caused the anxiety. Interestingly, now that he is older and his anxiety is under control, most of the SPD stuff is totally gone.

We did OT diligently for two years and--unlike other interventions--it was not helpful at all. I did learn a lot from the OTs and I think that their ideas were valuable but one hour per week, which is what they suggested, is meaningless. Several hours a day would have been awesome and could have helped my child be happier and more settled. I think if people did OT like they do ABA therapy it could actually help more people. I eventually bought a trampoline and various things that were particularly necessary for my child, had him swimming as much as possible, signed him up for martial arts and, more importantly, treated the anxiety. And all of that has made a huge difference.[/quote]

This looks exactly like my case. How did you treat the anxiety - PP - please please share. We are traumatized.[/quote]

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