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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp here - by the way, our 7 year old regularly tells us she’s not sure that this world is meant for her or that there’s a way for her to be who she is in this world. That’s a lot scarier to me than medication. [/quote]
That is scary. Did you ask her specifically what makes her feel this way?

My DS has attention issues in class but rather than jumping to the conclusion that he has adhd, I’m exploring whether this is just boredom, which seems likely the case with him. He also wondered if he has something wrong with him. He tests well (MAP) but the daily grind of sitting still in class with teachers who try their best but whose teaching styles are frankly monotonous is challenging.

Of course those powerful drugs will change your child’s behavior. And some do need it. I would try other interventions before going that route—making sure they have vigorous daily exercise, tutoring them yourself to see what is going on with their learning, working on exec function, clean diet.

Have to get off internet now so excuse the lack of editing.[/quote]

I’m the pp with the 7 year old. She tells us that she wants to be using her imagination when she’s supposed to be paying attention; that she needs time to be alone at recess and that it can be hard to have that, and she wishes she could do more yelling and kicking but that’s usually not allowed at home or at school. The doctor just let us know he thinks she has ADHD. I actually don’t know yet (haven’t met with doctor yet) when / whether we’ll try meds but we’re all in agreement that we’ll try martial arts since there are various things (exercise, discipline, breathing) it can help with. We took a trip last summer where we walked 5-6 miles a day and she spent 2-3 hours in the pool each day and her behavior was amazing. I tell her she’s my little greyhound and I just have to make sure to “run” her, but with school and jobs it’s just hard to get her to a point where she can use all her energy![/quote]

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