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[quote=Anonymous]Due to my adhd and DD’s anxiety / extreme outbursts we started down this road with her in preschool. We already suspected problems and her teacher flagged some trouble. It took 6 months to see a developmental ped who then recommended OT. It turns out one of her problems is low muscle tone and grip strength which affects sitting still and concentrating as well as the ability to do things like use a pencil or color inside the lines or use scissors. We had no idea that there were physical aspects to her challenges. (We’d tested her hearing multiple times and she had speech therapy when she was younger as well.)

The developmental ped didn’t see ADHD (just anxiety) and at age 6 referred us to a psychiatrist. After a few months working with her, and based on evaluations from teachers and us, diagnosed her with ADHD. It didn’t change anything for us as that’s what we assumed all along.

She’s not currently struggling academically (she does have a tendency to either space out or have outbursts that affect her socially) so the doctor suggested, given the end of the year, we don’t medicate now and revisit it next year when she’ll be older, in a different social setting etc. In the meantime she wants to start martial arts and we all think that would be good for exercise and regulation.

Long story short, the process of diagnostics can take years (it was first flagged for us 3.5 years before diagnosis) and even then it’s just information - you don’t have to medicate or make other changes. [/quote]

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