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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except in rare cases, perhaps like above ^^  seems like ADD Inattentive is a load of hooey. A good excuse for people who can't get their acts together to hide behind.  [/quote]

Honey, judging from your post you seem to have trouble getting your act together.  In a different way.  You seem to lack empathy and life experience if you can't understand that some things are much harder for some people than others (and for those same people some things may come much easier--many people with these kinds of difficulties are highly intelligent).  You give yourself way too much credit.  The OP is asking for help with a child who doesn't respond to the type of parenting she used for her other two kids who weren't like this.  Get it?  He's different.  Needs a different kind of support.  [/quote]

I've got plenty of empathy for PP and her son, having come from a family full of issues -- depression, anxiety, bipolar, substance abuse.  Trust me, I know suffering and have seen my own kids struggle as well.  In an earlier post, in fact, I suggested she get him evaluated.  My comments about ADHD innattentive have nothing to do with that.  It's just that I have seen no compelling research that ADHD inattentive exists, and the list of symptoms (shown below) could cover a pretty wide swath of kids.

Shift from task to task without finishing anything
Become easily distracted
Miss important details
Make careless mistakes in homework and tests
Get bored quickly
Have trouble getting organized, for example losing homework assignments or keeping the bedroom messy and cluttered
Don't seem to listen when spoken to
Daydream
Are slow to understand information
Have trouble following instructions[/quote]

LOL!  this is every kid I know.  My 6 and 9 yr olds must have ADHD.[/quote]

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