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#13435 - 04/09/08 05:26 PM
Can ADHD come on at school age?
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Edited by master of none (12/25/13 09:28 AM)
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#13439 - 04/09/08 06:25 PM
Re: Can ADHD come on at school age?
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As a daydreamer myself who has tried to channel that tendency in a productive fashion... Have you tried to get her to write? Great poetry and fiction (ala Agatha Christie!) can come out of people with glazed-over eyes. Even if her compositions are created on a voice recorder or some other oral method--in case handwriting slows her down too much--it might be a way to get her out of dream mode in her day-to-day life. I don't know if it would work, but it might help.  FWIW (not much), she doesn't sound ADHD to me. Just not interested in what's going on in school when she can turn to her rich imagination instead. But I'm about as far from an expert on the subject as you can get!
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#13445 - 04/09/08 08:05 PM
Re: Can ADHD come on at school age?
[Re: incogneato]
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FWIW, In answer to your question, yes, ADD/ADHD can present in the early school years. In fact many in the field say that you really can't accurately assess ADD/ADHD until the early school years. However, while a child can certainly be both gifted and ADD/ADHD, it is a label to be very wary about. I have been searching for about 3 years to find a Psychiatrist that can truly answer that question for our son. So far what we get is that he looks like he is ADD/ADHD combined type. However, we do not medicate and his behaviors are slowly improving. If your daughter has been in an academic setting that has not challenged her, she has also probably picked up some bad coping techniques. It will take time for her to learn to tune into the class instead of daydream  I think you are right to work with her on paying attention and providing other outlets for her wonderful imagination.
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#13468 - 04/10/08 06:39 AM
Re: Can ADHD come on at school age?
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I don't know much about it either, but I do have a friend whose doctor thought her daughter was ADD/ADHD. She questioned it and did some research and found that allergies can cause some of the same symptoms you describe. Sure enough, the daughter was allergice to several things (can't remember what they are). You might check out that angle if things don't improve with the other suggestions here.
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#13469 - 04/10/08 06:54 AM
Re: Can ADHD come on at school age?
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Interesting. I'd not heard that.
GT kids do seem to be more prone to allergies than ND kids, so there's another factor to play with...
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#13487 - 04/10/08 10:01 AM
Re: Can ADHD come on at school age?
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I've heard good things about this book. Spark: The science behind exercise and the brain There is even a chapter in the book I believe about ADHD. the author has a website. There are also websites from individual schools who are using this exercise program and seeing great results. I'm waiting for it from my library.
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