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[quote=Anonymous]My kid with ADHD talks intensely. It’s pretty remarkable and probably her most obvious symptom now. Also interrupting and dominating conversations. It’s an impulse thing that has improved slightly with medication.

Her behavior was flagged early on at a school that expected girls to sit and be quiet and put up with a lot more from boys. In general expectations for activity/hyperactivity are very different for girls and boys at this age, and repeatedly over time I have seen boys were behaving similarly without notice or consequences. I strongly suspect at least a couple of those boys ended up with ADHD diagnoses but it took a little longer because teachers expect less from boys. I say this as the mom of a son and a daughter and someone who knows a lot of kids with ADHD from various social skills classes and things we’ve done over the years.

All that to say if your son has had teachers of the oh boys are just active variety over the years you may not have a sense of what his behavior is like at school. My kid is very academic, focuses well on work and has consistently been a top student even pre medication and IEP etc.

It sounds like you guys are struggling with him whether it’s due to ADHD or just needing a different approach. I would do some reading about adhd and see if you see some signs. When my daughter was diagnosed a lot of things made sense that hadn’t been on my radar before as Adhd things … difficulty falling asleep, times of intense/hyperfocus. It’s an interesting diagnosis and more than just hyperactivity. If you think he’s a typical kid maybe look into parenting classes like the PEP classes or some thing. It’s ok to need extra help.[/quote]

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