Reply to What's the earliest a doc can diagnose ADHD?

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "What's the earliest a doc can diagnose ADHD?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was diagnosed at 4.  However, we had a family history of it - older siblings, parents, and grandparent.  Also, his symptoms were severe. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that he had ADHD. We started to see symptoms at 18 months but had to wait until he was older for a diagnosis.  He was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician.[/quote]

Can you speak to the signs you saw between the ages of 18 months and 4, and how your dev ped diagnosed him (a specific type of evaluation, etc)?  My son is 4 (almost 5), has been in various therapies since 18 months (speech, OT, most recently behavioral therapy).  We seem to be addressing the manifestation of issues as they come along (with compliance being a focus at the moment with the behavioral therapist) but I still fee like there is an underlying issue or issues that is causing everything.  Maybe it doesn't matter at this point whether there is or isn't, but sometimes I wonder if I, the professionals we see, his preschool teachers, etc. would have a better understanding of him if he had a big picture diagnose instead of just numerous areas and weaknesses that we're working on.  We did see a dev ped at 3 at KKI who suggested some signs of ADHD and anxiety but she seems to be in a wait and see pattern for now, which is fine, I guess.  I just don't know when we should push for a closer look.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics