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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's worth getting evaluated because with inattentive, academics get exponentially harder. Some of the emotional dysregulation and frustration tolerance smooths out with maturity. Will you consider meds? I would think about this and research it because it's good to have a consensus with your spouse beforehand. Also, consider what else you can streamline with household routines and organization to help from an ADHD perspective. I know I've posted about this before but the book "organization solutions for people with adhd" helped me figure out why things weren't working for my kid.

One other thing: when ADHD (or really any neurodivergence, mental illness, or genetic condition) runs in your family and you start to observe it in your child, resist the urge to infer, predict, or catastrophize. I remind myself, almost as a mantra, that my child is not the same person as my relative and my family is not the same as my family of origin.[/quote]

Thanks. I will look into the book. As a parent I really struggle with physical stuff and routines. I've learned a lot from ADHD organizational routines for myself (don't think I have it, they're just useful), and am trying to teach my kid, but it's REALLY HARD to struggle with this myself and also have to be the external brain for a kid who has to do stuff himself (e.g. he's not a toddler whose shoes I can put on, he has preferences about which book to bring in the car, etc).

I think the impacts for my kid are larger at home than school because school just isn't very demanding yet. I do worry about it getting worse when school is harder and would pursue treatment then if needed, so maybe it's better to get diagnosed earlier to speed that up, but also harder if the issues aren't major. Teachers have definitely noticed some of the attention issues, but said he's still doing well and they're not too concerned. [/quote]

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