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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The meltdowns and the blaming us for everything certainly sounds like my HFA kid!  Unless he has serious social problems and repetitive behaviors you won't actually get that diagnosis. But I do think ADHD is closely related to the spectrum and maybe apart of it, so reading some things about HFA might give you some insight.

Is his ADHD medicated?  All of those sorts of issues are much worse for our DS when his ADHD meds are out of whack. [/quote]

OP here- he's not medicated, although we're getting ready to make that leap. He does have serious social problems, but they seem to be responding to social skills therapy. [b]He has some transient tics and occasionally shows behavior that is OCD-like, but it comes and goes. [/b]Primary issues are impulsivity, emotional regulation, and distractibility.

Even his neuropsych acknowledged that he is complex- two diagnoses language impairment/ADHD and gifted/exceptionally gifted across all areas of intellectual functioning except processing (86th percentile). Apparently, all of these are things are interacting into alphabet soup. His best chance in school is a 2e learning environment, but those are few and far between.

I'm at my wit's end-- I just finished telling my husband that we need to suck it up for an academic, special needs tutor. I don't think I can deal with another year of pencils flying across the room, homework crumpled up, my almost (nine!) year old screaming at me and flailing on the floor. Now, for the first time, he's losing it at school. Last week, he had an altercation with another kid, cried, then ran and hid-- the teachers had to find him and coax him back to class. [/quote]

If he has tics, stimulant ADHD medications are ill advices.  They can make them much worse and may not go away after the medication is terminated- even on a low dose for one week (BTDT). Look into the non-stimulant medicines. [/quote]

Stimulants are worth a try.  I am the pp who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and Ritalin gets rid of all my OCD behaviors.[/quote]

I wouldn't take the chance on the tics getting worse and becoming permanent and/or pushing to more severe Tourette's - especially cine there are non-stimulant options.  Stimulant medications are contraindicated for people with existing tics. [/quote]

OP should get a good child psych and see what they recommend.  Transient tics/OCD behaviors can be from the ADHD...  And stimulants as a class generally work best for ADHD.[/quote]

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