Hi - new member here I'm sorry that its a couple of years since your post but it really resonated with me. I hope that your son is OK and that he is achieving some better balance. My son (15) also has ADHD and Anxiety and, although he also has an ASD diagnosis, I suspect that his behaviours are more a consequence of the former. He also focusses almost exclusively on screen-based activities, primarily gaming and watching videos. We've tried to expose him to lots of activities over the years ranging from swimming/water polo to soccer, AFL, cycling, kung fu and so on. While he's been willing to give them a go for a while, he gave up as soon as they became challenging or competitive and, by challenging, I mean that his heart rate started to rise! When we tell him its time to have a break from screens, he often goes and les down and has a sleep. It seems that, in his view, life without screens is just something that has to be endured for as long as it lasts so the best way of making the time go quickly is for it to be while he is asleep. There are lots of other challenges which I'd love to discuss such as his defiance and resistance to doing anything to help around the house. The same is true of his studies - he has failed a number of assessments because he doesn't want to accept that he needs to have structure in place and spend time doing the best job possible. I his view, if he spends and hour where he is supposed to be doing homework, it is first and foremost an hour 'not doing fun things on the computer' so it is just something to be endured and it doesn't matter how effective his study is. My wife and I both have plenty of experience of study and could help him so much if he was remotely willing to let us. ANyways, that's probably enough for now - it would be great to hear if you have had some successes Cheers Alistair
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