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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:27, are you OP? The fact that they aren't seeing symptoms at school is the reason you didn't get an ADHD diagnosis.  The symptoms have to be in multiple environments. [/quote]

Yes, 9:27 is me the OP. Just to be clear, the child we had tested and found not to have ADHD but perfectionism is older DD (who some people ask me if she has ADHD despite a non-diagnosis and who seems very disorganized and inattentive to me). The child I describes as only having issues at home is younger DD who we have not had tested, due to this being her first year in school (K) and lack of money. But let's say we have younger DD tested, because she controls where she acts up (home not school), does this mean she does not have ADHD? But she could still have anxiety or depression or something else, correct? I don't know if how she is is something about her make-up, normal 5 yr old defiance, or a failure on our parts as parents to raise her. Her sister was never like this so maybe we are doing something wrong in raising them the same way. I honestly have no idea.

As for my older DD who was found not to have ADHD. When is being antsy, disorganized, and being a bit flighty ADHD and when it is just they way they are but not ADHD? She was fiund not to have ADHD but she is certainly in motion all the time, and her desk and room are a mess and she sometimes forgets things, and she's ditzy. IQ is 145 but you wouldn't know it if you just met her. She presents a little spacey. [/quote]

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