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My younger child who has not been tested has poor emotional regulation, low frustration tolerance, is hyper sensitivity to feedback/criticism, self critical, and has low self esteem. I don't know if it's ADHD or what. Both girls. She's not inattentive or hyperactive. But she seems depressed if nothing else but she's only 5 yrs old! [/quote]

That's really tough.  Even 5yo's can have anxiety and depression though.  A lot of that would have described my DC when he was 5yo.  He has ADHD and anxiety and they feed into each other.  The stress of K brought out both and we ended up having to pull him out of public K to put him in a more supportive school environment.  It's heartbreaking listening to your Kindergartener talk about not being around much longer and hurting himself.  I would really encourage you to do a full neuro-psych for a definitive diagnosis and a starting point for treatment -- especially if she's starting public K in the fall.  K is now generally a lot more pressure than it was 20 years ago and sensitive kids can have big problems.  Our DC is in 2nd now and between more maturity, support at home, medication, and a small, supportive school environment he's doing worlds better.

I also always recommend this book -- http://www.amazon.com/What-When-You-Worry-Much/dp/1591473144 -- What to do when you worry too much.  We have read it so many times over the last couple of years and it really does help.
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Thank you. This is good to know. I will also look for the book.

She's in public K now. She's a bright shining star in school. These seem to be home behaviors. It's like her school persona and her home persona don't match. Her teachers have no idea what I'm talking about and in fact called a meeting with the principal and DH and I recommending we put her in 2nd next year and not 1st. Her preschool teachers also told us to skip K but my understanding was FCPS isn't into grade skipping so even this meeting surprised us. She is intellectually advanced about 2 grade levels (her reading is DRA 30 and her math is at end of year 2nd grade) but  I'd say emotionally on par with her age and maybe even a bit deficient so grade skipping is out of the question. The fact that she can be positive and well behaved at school makes me question what is going on. At home she is a nightmare and seems to let it all come out. DH worries sometimes that she will be a danger to herself as she ages. I think he's being a bit dramatic but a piece of me wonders . . . We're hoping she gets into AAP in 2nd and MAYBE the intellectual stimulation may help. I don't know. I'm at my wits end and the cost f testing isn't just too expensive such that we don't want to pay it, we honestly don't have it. We scraped it together for DD1 (who is in AAP) and are trying for DD2. [/quote]

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