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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 612708" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Sounds a bit familiar... and I'm north of the 49th parallel.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child didn't really "blow up" until HS, but... the trend was there long before.</p><p> </p><p>I'm going to suggest you ditch current doctors and most of the current dxes. ADHD "may" be partly accurate, at least - or may be a marker for other things that look like ADHD and/or include ADHD. Conduct Disorder? At THIS age? I'd be guessing there's too many other missed dxes.</p><p> </p><p>Obvious things to consider.</p><p>1) sleep problems = behavior issues. Sleep problems <em>cause</em> behavior issues. If sleep is a factor, you have a medical problem... or a mental health issue. For example, restless leg syndrome is medical, high anxiety can cause sleep issues, etc.</p><p>2) He's at an age where he may have "flown beneath the radar" for a few years... managed to fake his way through school. Now that the work is getting tougher, his skills may be seriously lagging - academic, social, emotional...</p><p> </p><p>So. For a start...</p><p></p><p>What is he like in terms of social development. Is he able to maintain long-term healthy relationships with same-age peers? Has he been bullied? Is he a bully?</p><p>Would you consider him to be emotionally immature?</p><p>How are his motor skills - fine and/or gross, either one causes huge problems at school.</p><p>Ever been tested for sensory processing/sensory integration issues?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 612708, member: 11791"] Sounds a bit familiar... and I'm north of the 49th parallel. My difficult child didn't really "blow up" until HS, but... the trend was there long before. I'm going to suggest you ditch current doctors and most of the current dxes. ADHD "may" be partly accurate, at least - or may be a marker for other things that look like ADHD and/or include ADHD. Conduct Disorder? At THIS age? I'd be guessing there's too many other missed dxes. Obvious things to consider. 1) sleep problems = behavior issues. Sleep problems [I]cause[/I] behavior issues. If sleep is a factor, you have a medical problem... or a mental health issue. For example, restless leg syndrome is medical, high anxiety can cause sleep issues, etc. 2) He's at an age where he may have "flown beneath the radar" for a few years... managed to fake his way through school. Now that the work is getting tougher, his skills may be seriously lagging - academic, social, emotional... So. For a start... What is he like in terms of social development. Is he able to maintain long-term healthy relationships with same-age peers? Has he been bullied? Is he a bully? Would you consider him to be emotionally immature? How are his motor skills - fine and/or gross, either one causes huge problems at school. Ever been tested for sensory processing/sensory integration issues? [/QUOTE]
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