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| bluejay003 |
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diagnosed with adhd
My daughter was "diagnosed" with adhd on december 5th. I don't know if I'm satisfied with the diagnosis though. My daughter has always been very active ever since she was younger like the terrible 2 stage. She had tantrums when she didn't get what she wanted, especially when out at a store. She got a little worse after her brother was born when she was 3 1/2. She started school in september and they teacher told us she couldn't sit still in class and always seemed like she was "lost" when asked to copy something from the board. The school suggested getting her tested. They wanted a hearing test as well to rule out a hearing problem. Her hearing was fine. So we made an appointment with a pediatrician AGAIN. (First time she was at a pediatrican's office, pediatrican said she was fine and your typical child-that was summer of 2007) This time pediatrican sat with us for 45 minutes and did one of those behavior surveys and said she needed to be on ritalin--That didn't sit well with us..For one, how are you going to diagnose her without doing any kind of tests? She took ritalin for a couple weeks 20mg twice a day. That calmed her down so the pediatrican tried her on the 12 hour release. That made her more hyper then I've ever seen her. To the point where she failed her vision testing at school. So the pediatrician prescribed dexadrine. Some days it works okay then other days it doesn't do too much for her. There's not much change between her taking it and not taking it. When she takes it, she sits and watches cartoons and doesn't want to do much of anything else, not even play with her brother. She doesn't eat hardly or drink all day. she is whiny, tells mean things, cries for no reason sometimes. She is definately not the same child anymore. She's lost weight from not eating. She doesn't look healthy at all. We didn't give her any meds this weekend (doctor said she doesn't have to take them when she is home) The only behavior change was that she was louder. She ate, she played with her brother all day instead of sitting around in front of the tv. She was fine. Tolerable for sure. Unlike some days when she is medicated. School secretary said she noticed changes in her as well. She goes and sits up on the secretary's knee to be rocked at lunchtime==that's new for her. My husband and I don't really know what else to do. Getting her pediatrician to do anything is hard. It took her almost a week and a half to do a bloodwork requisition that we requested to rule out anything. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible she is not ADHD and it's something else? When we went and had her bloodwork done-from the 1 1/2 ride there and back and the 1 1/2 in the waiting room, she was perfect. She didn't act up once. I'm getting frustrated with the situation because some days I feel helpless. What else can I do for my baby? |
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