Re: Could it be a Mistake?

[Anonymous]

I came accross this post through a search on sensory processing disorder.

JollimoreM, if you still moonitor this I’d be interested to know how your son is doing now.

My son is probably the posterchild for your definitions of ADHD, but like yours, slept through the night as an infant (2 months actually), was not difficult to take anywhere, and could be left with others (though brief period of separation anxiety when left at daycare for the first time). He grew into a very sweet but active toddler). Now at 6 the impulse control is a huge concern, and he has some possible sensory challenges.

But ADHD is based on a spectrum, from inattentive to hyperactive and everyone is different.

One thing I’d add is that sometimes when you remove someone from the environment that has addapted with them and put them in a new environment, that persons “differences” will be more aware to the new environment (like when someone hasn’t seen your child in a while and comment that “they’ve grown/changed” and you hadn’t noticed). And it might be a generally socially acceptable difference but the new environment (especially 8 year olds, they can be so mean) still won’t accept it. Does that make sense?

I guess what I’m saying, is whatever is prompting the ADHD diagnosis (whether the correct diagnosis or not) may have always been there. Your son was just loved and accepted as it developed so there was no problem.

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