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[quote=Anonymous]I know your therapist ruled out ADHD, but how many have you seen? As an adult woman with ADHD who didn’t know what was “wrong” with my brain until my late 20s, ADHD can present so differently in girls/women and from person to person. I constantly read accounts from women in my support group who are dismissed by doctors, therapists, and partners because they seem to function “so well”. I was a varsity athlete in 3 sports, held leadership positions in school activities, and was salutatorian of my HS class - and I had NO IDEA until late college that while I was working SO hard to stay afloat, other people were coasting with ease. Even then I got assigned everything else - depression, no anxiety, no depression again but let’s call it dysthymia, maybe it’s your birth control pills?, what if you give up dairy? You drink how much caffeine???

I am 90% sure my 9yr old had ADHD. I have been dragging my feet on a diagnosis because he had friends and he’s a delight to teach and successful in school(according to every conference ever). It’s just us at home that deal with his moods and outbursts, his eating issues, his losing things, his time blindness, lack of interception, and rejection sensitivity to the point that the gentlest correction sends him running to his room in tears. I remember my mom telling me that the kid she heard about from teachers or other parents always sounded amazing and she left every meeting wondering why she didn’t get to parent that kid at home.

I didn’t read all 11 pages to see if anyone suggested reconsidering her diagnosis, but I wanted to chime in that it might be worth a 2nd look.

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