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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 635787" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>This is curious, SuZir! I thought it was standard in (knowledgeable) descriptions of ADHD to talk about how it is not a problem, in reality, of attention deficit but of attention duration - except when the subject is of inherent interest to the child/adult sufferer. I've seen this thousands of times with J - when he wants to, he concentrates very well. Even at school (boring) he concentrated well, although according to his neuro-pscyh evaluation, his actual attention capacity is minimal, pretty disastrous. So it must have been something he was deciding to do... It's true that it was this ability to concentrate at times that prevented a couple of specialists giving him the label when he was smaller... but then over time, it became more and more obvious in other ways and the diagnosis is now beyond doubt, really.</p><p></p><p>So maybe your difficult child is an example of what can happen to unmedicated ADHD-ers... ie they CAN survive and get through (at a certain cost, as with everything).</p><p></p><p>Wasn't really good day/bad day... it's all about time of day. In the morning he seems fine, then at lunchtime he is flat, colourless and irritable (mind you he can be irritable when not on medications) and then perks up in the evening. Today is also following that pattern.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 635787, member: 11227"] This is curious, SuZir! I thought it was standard in (knowledgeable) descriptions of ADHD to talk about how it is not a problem, in reality, of attention deficit but of attention duration - except when the subject is of inherent interest to the child/adult sufferer. I've seen this thousands of times with J - when he wants to, he concentrates very well. Even at school (boring) he concentrated well, although according to his neuro-pscyh evaluation, his actual attention capacity is minimal, pretty disastrous. So it must have been something he was deciding to do... It's true that it was this ability to concentrate at times that prevented a couple of specialists giving him the label when he was smaller... but then over time, it became more and more obvious in other ways and the diagnosis is now beyond doubt, really. So maybe your difficult child is an example of what can happen to unmedicated ADHD-ers... ie they CAN survive and get through (at a certain cost, as with everything). Wasn't really good day/bad day... it's all about time of day. In the morning he seems fine, then at lunchtime he is flat, colourless and irritable (mind you he can be irritable when not on medications) and then perks up in the evening. Today is also following that pattern. [/QUOTE]
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