elh0706,
Part of what you describe with your DS9 sounds way too familiar. My DS8 can be a ball of energy sometimes. (as in ping-ponging off of the walls, but able to focus when he wants to.) I could tell you stories about him scaling the beer mountain in a blink of an eye in the grocery store at age two or three. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to stack cases of beer in a pyramid shape at super bowl time, but I was not amused. I know that this is going to sound completely crazy, and it may not be the case with you, so just bare with me. With my DS, it is all influenced by the foods that he eats. We started with the Feingold diet when he was 4 with some limited success. (keeping tract of salicylates in foods). We took out wheat and dairy at age 6 with huge improvements in energy and impulse control. Then we then took him to an allergy doctor at age 7 and found that he was allergic to wheat, dairy, corn, soy, and eggs. Corn was the absolute worst for impulse control, and corn is in everything... including all medications as a binding agent. Giving my little guy medicine was like giving him a triple shot of espresso.
I'm not saying that this is definitely the case, and for your sake, I hope it isn't. Food allergies are very hard to live with. But just keep it in mind. You mentioned that you are tracking the patterns, so you may have already looked for this. And if it was better in the fall/winter then it may not be a food issue, unless he is eating something seasonal that is setting him off. But I wanted to let you know that I spent three years keeping food journals and applying my scientific brain to solve this mystery for my own DS8. For us, our main allergen was everywhere... corn was in the toothpaste, the baking powder, the wax on the vegetables from the store (which might explain why we had limited success with the Feingold diet), the inside of the paper milk cartons, and in any product labeled with "salt" (anti-caking agent). It was truly frustrating!!! But now he is a sweet, relatively calm, sits quietly for hours reading, non-impulsive little guy.
I'm here for you even if you think the food issue is completely bogus and not for you. I know what it is like to deal with a tornado of energy.
