Do ADHD kids ever------
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Do ADHD kids ever------
| Wed, 05-21-2003 - 1:33pm |
finish a task they want to complete. Or is it that they CAN'T finish a task--even if they wanted to? I'm talking without medication. I'm still trying to figure out my 3yo and I know he'll be diagnosed with ADHD and I really don't think he has it. If there are things he wants to do--he will finish them. He does jump from one activity to another---because he loses interest very quickly. But if it's something he wants to play with--he will for an hour +. Or if he's coloring--he will finish it until it's done.(but only on days that he wants to--other days he's distracted and goes to something else).
I guess I see my son with more OCD traits when it comes to finishing something. He is the extreme---either he jumps from one activity to another or finishes something to the point of obsessiveness. Or maybe he is both OCD and ADHD?
I guess I see my son with more OCD traits when it comes to finishing something. He is the extreme---either he jumps from one activity to another or finishes something to the point of obsessiveness. Or maybe he is both OCD and ADHD?
I asked this question over on Parentsplace and no-one answered--so I thought I'd try here.
Holly
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Does that answer your question at all?
Karen
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Three years old is young to be diagnosing, unless it's a severe case, but my DS was about 3 when I started to see the first clues that he might be ADD. I didn't stress, though, when the daycare teacher complained about him looking at the ceiling while he colored or looking out the window. Just figured a 3 year old boy would probably rather do a million other things besides color....playing outside being chief among them.
Karen
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Yes my son is only 3yo--but he is definitely not "normal". I would be thrilled if his only problem was not focusing and bouncing off the walls.
He is extremely aggressive and destructive. I can't get him to time-out without getting bit or kicked a bunch of times. We can't keep him in a carseat or stop him from peeing on the floors. No behavior charts or discipline has helped us. He gets kicked out of Sunday school at least once/month. He goes to special ed preschool(since March) and was doing great there until this last month. He has been getting many time-outs/day and loses many privledges. He must be finally "relaxed" enough at school to show the "real" Jacob!!
We've been to a psychologist twice--in which he had to refer us to other drs. because he can't help us anymore. Everything he suggested for us to do or read---we had already done it. Now we are getting autism ruled-out in June.
Personally, I think he has early-onset bipolar. But I know he will be diagnosed with ADHD first until he's older.
Holly
Just a tought.
Liza
Can you tell me more about ODD?
Holly
hope it helps