Hmm, well that's always been my problem. He doesn't have the typical behavior issues at home - in any home activities or in play or socially. When I posted Dr. Barkley's (most awesome, I may add) video on ADHD, people on here were like "he was SPOT on... I saw my child immediately in what he was saying" etc... I didn't. I could sit there saying this really doesn't fit my kid. I have never had these problems with him... I was the mom with the kid at story time who listen raptly to the story. I had/have the kids that I take them to presentation and the natural history museum or science museum and they sit and listen. We have been complimented on it. He was never the kid who ran around the store - he would sit contentedly in the basket/cart looking at a book. He sits fine for his entire meal. His appetite is good and he isn't rushing off to another activity without eating. His babysitters have always professed to like him and say he's good. I do not worry about his behavior at all when I send him to playdates or anything. he even sleepsover his buddy's house and they at least tell me he was fine.
He does chew his pencils. He does fidget.
He does have weak EF skills and I do see that at home and at school. Though they are improving - which is a very pleasant surprise. However, he CAN be very inattentive in certain situations.
He does move a lot. He tends pace, always has, particularly when he is thinking or creating or talking and discussing. He is not comfortable sitting long and will get up and pace around and then come back to what he was doing and sit down. But He does not appear very impulsive to me at all... Maybe I am just used to him but he has always been pretty cautious - liking to observe and get the the 'lay of land' before deciding what he wants to do, who he wants to approach, how things are working (like who is the 'ruler' and who are the "sidekicks' LOL... oh and who seems "fake"). Though as he gets older, he is less so but I thought that was good.
Despite pacing and moving around a lot, he is very SLOW at doing things (particularly EF things). They complain at school he just takes too long to do everything and I can believe it... WHile he reads well and at a very high level and has always liked books ... he fidgets an incredible amount while reading... it is annoying to me. He does not fidget nearly as much in say math.
Maybe he has it mildly. Or maybe these things are due to his other issues - dysgraphia, EDS and visual processing weakness/deficits - they all have a litany of adhd like behavior that accompany them. However, I think they also tend to often be co-morbid with adhd. So hard to tell.
Last edited by Irena; 12/19/13 05:10 PM.
