So, we received our 2nd ADHD diagnosis (first diagnosis was ADHD and a wrong diagnosis/ 2nd was PG and ADHD from a well respected source). Anyway, we DS is now 7 and we have recently moved to a small town. The things we were able to "control" in our former town are not "controllable" here. He had made many friends in our former place since we had moved there when he was 4 the kids were just used to him. Now that he is seven his differences stand out in a major way. He has significant emotional overexcitablities when he is stressed or upset. Since he doesn't do well with change, this is showing up every time we go to church. He is also very impulsive and loud in comparison to the same age peers. He is now old enough to be aware that "the other boys don't like me. I have no friends at church". He makes friends well on the playground or in the neighborhood. It seems the "classroom" setting of sunday school and kid's church are where he just can't fit in. He is also having trouble with impulsivity at home with his sibling. We tried a med last week and he turned zombie in hours with a non-stimulant. We started a stimulant today and I had to pick him up from art class because a child was rude to him and mocked him and he became upset and refused to do his art and wanted to go home. I want to make the right decision. But, this combo of overexcitabilities in my PG boy with ADHD is so hard to deal with or explain to adults in his life. I don't want to sound like I am bragging that he is "gifted". It is so hard to figure out a way to help people understand him without lowering their expectations of his abilities. So, any advice on how to communicate to other adults about him/ meds to try would be VERY much appreciated(since I think PG kids react so different than typical kids to meds, no research just experience ..he reacts totally diff than the MD thinks he will). I just don't know what to do!! I don't want to hear him say he has no friends and see him meltdown in front of the people he so wants to be friends with. If he does it many more times, he will surely drive them away! I hope this made sense! Thanks for reading my LONG post.
