My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and will probably end up being diagnosed with a 'mood disorder' of some sort as well (the pediatric psychiatrist isn't overly concerned with labels) and we are working on having him tested (the woodcock-johnson) in the near future.
I'm curious, does anyone's child have major problems relating to the child's perceived idea of fairness/rules and perfectionism? My son has been having a lot of trouble with throwing tantrums/having fits at school, and in nearly every single case the root cause is something was, in his eyes, unfair - someone cut in line, someone touched his stuff, etc - or perfectionism/fear of failure - he's not going to finish his work or start on time, thus he's going to get a zero and fail second grade! We are starting on medication for his issues (Trileptal for the mood disorder and Concerta for the ADHD. The concerta is having zero effect so far!) but I'm wondering what else I can do to help him prevent these tantrums/fits?
