Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey everyone! some things are pathological, and some are developmental.

Just about everyhing that has been described so far on this thread is nearly universal for the age and gender.

NOTE to the reflexive angry parents: I am NOT saying you don't have a 10 year old male with diagnosed ADHD, who likes to sit on his butt, who likes to play MineCraft, and who is generally uninspired and gives up quickly when things don't go well. I believe you when you say he's "non-productive" and has "low frustration tolerance."

Go away, offensive poster.

You don't know what you're talking about and just want to pick a fight.

I am encouraging you to look beyond the prism of seeing just about every trait as attributable to the diagnosis of ADHD. If critical thinking is offensive, then that's not really my problem.

As an actual practitioner in a closely related field, and who has a 12 year old male child with no ADHD diagnosis, I actually do know what I'm talking about.

Right. You don't know what you're talking about. I'm a research scientist, and I DO have extensive knowledge of ADHD. You are talking through your hat, PP. And even if you're Sheldon Cooper, or a similarly-afflicted Asperger type, don't refer to your son as a male child. Makes you look pedantic (actually, all your posts have been stilted and pompous).

What is your PhD in?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey everyone! some things are pathological, and some are developmental.

Just about everyhing that has been described so far on this thread is nearly universal for the age and gender.

NOTE to the reflexive angry parents: I am NOT saying you don't have a 10 year old male with diagnosed ADHD, who likes to sit on his butt, who likes to play MineCraft, and who is generally uninspired and gives up quickly when things don't go well. I believe you when you say he's "non-productive" and has "low frustration tolerance."

Go away, offensive poster.

You don't know what you're talking about and just want to pick a fight.

I am encouraging you to look beyond the prism of seeing just about every trait as attributable to the diagnosis of ADHD. If critical thinking is offensive, then that's not really my problem.

As an actual practitioner in a closely related field, and who has a 12 year old male child with no ADHD diagnosis, I actually do know what I'm talking about.

Right. You don't know what you're talking about. I'm a research scientist, and I DO have extensive knowledge of ADHD. You are talking through your hat, PP. And even if you're Sheldon Cooper, or a similarly-afflicted Asperger type, don't refer to your son as a male child. Makes you look pedantic (actually, all your posts have been stilted and pompous).

Anonymous wrote:Hey everyone! some things are pathological, and some are developmental.

Just about everyhing that has been described so far on this thread is nearly universal for the age and gender.

NOTE to the reflexive angry parents: I am NOT saying you don't have a 10 year old male with diagnosed ADHD, who likes to sit on his butt, who likes to play MineCraft, and who is generally uninspired and gives up quickly when things don't go well. I believe you when you say he's "non-productive" and has "low frustration tolerance."

I think the issue is severity, frequency, duration. ADHD is a continuum of traits that are common in the general population at lower levels-- everyone is inattentive, impulsive, emotional, etc. sometimes.
When a kid wants to quit everything, even what they like, because of issues with persistence *and* and they have other symptoms of ADHD, it's likely that the ADHD is a heavy contributor to the problem. It's not an either/or. Kids with ADHD go through developmental stages too--however, my son's terrible twos felt truly terrible and lasted until he was six. I attribute the extreme challenges to his ADHD interacting with his age.

DD has ADHD-I but this doesn't sound like her. There are things she's not very interested in (sports) but she actively dislikes quitting things. Maybe it's because we sort of badmouth being a quitter, not sure.

In additional to ADHA - I, you may want to explore Executive Functioning Disorder.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey everyone! some things are pathological, and some are developmental.

Just about everyhing that has been described so far on this thread is nearly universal for the age and gender.

NOTE to the reflexive angry parents: I am NOT saying you don't have a 10 year old male with diagnosed ADHD, who likes to sit on his butt, who likes to play MineCraft, and who is generally uninspired and gives up quickly when things don't go well. I believe you when you say he's "non-productive" and has "low frustration tolerance."

Go away, offensive poster.

You don't know what you're talking about and just want to pick a fight.

I am encouraging you to look beyond the prism of seeing just about every trait as attributable to the diagnosis of ADHD. If critical thinking is offensive, then that's not really my problem.

As an actual practitioner in a closely related field, and who has a 12 year old male child with no ADHD diagnosis, I actually do know what I'm talking about.