It's good you are getting some answers now. It's terrible not knowing what's goi g on with our children. We have been through 'the system', and it's very confusing. My daughter was diagnosed with predominately inattentive ADHD by a paediatrician when she was 8. That diagnosis was changed to GAD and language disorder when she was 11. A psychiatrist changed the diagnosis. I wonder if she will eventually get a personality disorder diagnosis too. I am learning a lot, but one think I have learnt is that situations can change. I know a few people whose children have ADHD. Nearly all of them have at least one other diagnosed condition too (eg. Dyslexia, dyspraxia, ASD, anxiety disorders, learning issues...). A good information source written for parents is additude. They have a website. Childmind Institute is also a good one for information about all sorts of child related issues, including ADHD. If I could change any decisions we made when she was younger, I would have taken her to the child psychiatrist earlier. I would also have looked into play therapy with an OT. However, we thought we were doing the right things at the time.
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