Hi Stephanie:

Welcome to the ADDitude site and congratulations on revisiting your ADHD treatment - this may not be reassuring, but most people truly never outgrow their need for some kind of ADHD treatment.

The ADDitude site has a number of articles geared toward moms with ADHD.

I particularly like Survival Strategies for SuperMom and Help for Moms with ADHD. I would also recommend a few books: The Imperfect Mom and When Moms and Kids Have ADD.

You can find more relevant books here.

I hope this helps!

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Are the one I would suggest. If your child is ADHD it may be good to have him officially diagnosed and it need to be put on medication because eventually fire burns it self out. I know he is young but if he is bouncing off the wall it going to make it hard for him when he goes to school ; or needs to make friends/ If you buy driven to distraction there is a list of ADHD doctors and that is how I found the doctor who diagnosed me. I used a child psychiatrist who tested me and was my first ADHD doctor truthfully she is the only doctor who really paid attention to me and my issues .

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Anni,

Thanks for the resources.

ADD RN, I totally agree. We just brought all this up to his pediatrician last month. I figured I would wait until he was four to really become concerned. His preschool teacher and I talked about his impulsivity and high energy (excessive for 3 even). I relayed this to his doctor. I used to work in pediatrics and quickly noticed only maybe one in fifty kids of his age range acted like my little guy. They want to start with a sleep study. So that will be our first step as soon as Norton and Anthem work out their issues, LOL. His doctor said after that we will go towards the neuro-chemical side of the spectrum after sleeping disorders are ruled out. It was explained to me by a family friend who is a pediatrician that many pediatricians are beginning to completely rule out all other possibilities before jumping to an ADHD dx, mainly CYA so doc's can avoid lawsuits. I do however agree with not jumping the gun, my best friend for example was almost diagnosed ADD as a kid then they found out she was narcoleptic, whoops! Whatever the diagnosis, my hope for him is to have a good positive start in school rather than a shaky one full of failures beyond his control :(

Thanks for your replies Steph

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Anni,

Thanks for the resources.

ADD RN, I totally agree. We just brought all this up to his pediatrician last month. I figured I would wait until he was four to really become concerned. His preschool teacher and I talked about his impulsivity and high energy (excessive for 3 even). I relayed this to his doctor. I used to work in pediatrics and quickly noticed only maybe one in fifty kids of his age range acted like my little guy. They want to start with a sleep study. So that will be our first step as soon as Norton and Anthem work out their issues, LOL. His doctor said after that we will go towards the neuro-chemical side of the spectrum after sleeping disorders are ruled out. It was explained to me by a family friend who is a pediatrician that many pediatricians are beginning to completely rule out all other possibilities before jumping to an ADHD dx, mainly CYA so doc's can avoid lawsuits. I do however agree with not jumping the gun, my best friend for example was almost diagnosed ADD as a kid then they found out she was narcoleptic, whoops! Whatever the diagnosis, my hope for him is to have a good positive start in school rather than a shaky one full of failures beyond his control :(

Thanks for your replies Steph

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