Ds is 9. I know there is something amiss, I just don't know what. He's happy, well behaved and doing very well at school (exceeding expectations on his recent report). I am hoping that you lovely ladies can give me a bit of advice as to how I can help him, or whether in fact I am worrying over nothing.<br><br>I've tried to summarise everything here:<br><br>He never sits still and is never quiet unless he is watching a screen. <br>He has a lot of trouble concentrating and following instruction (remembering what you've just told him). <br>He constantly gets distracted, usually by something going on in his own head. <br>He can be totally fixated on one subject to the point of being unable to discuss or listen about anything else. <br>He fills all space physically, leaping, twirling, jumping, running etc. He only moves at a 'normal' pace when forced to.<br>When he needs your attention, it has to be immediate. He cant wait and will interrupt without any regard to those already talking.<br>He asks amazing questions, but you rarely get halfway through the answer before he is off on another tangent.<br>He sleeps well now, but didn't until he was 7. He's not allowed to get out of bed until 7am now, but bounds out of bed at 7.01 ready to take the day head on. <br>Socially, I am seeing a gap widen between him and his peers. He is well liked, but doesn't have 'best' friends as such and is not asked to friends houses to play as I think he is just too much to cope with.<br>He's very affectionate, but this too can be a problem as he doesn't really get personal space and frequently hugs his friends when they clearly aren't comfortable with it.<br>Despite his own noise levels, noisy environments just stress him out as does a lack of routine or too much activity. <br>The more tired or stressed he gets, the more 'wired' he gets. <br>When required (meal out, church etc) he can sit still, but this takes so much out of him, there's a limit to what he can manage and we have to employ quite a lot of tricks to stretch him if needed.<br><br>I've recently spoken to his teacher about whether this is something we should be doing something about. he agreed that he would probably benefit from support but as there are no behavior or academic issues in school, this would be a non-starter for them in terms of being able to access additional support.<br><br>It's also been explained to me that if I were to look for support via the GP I would have to act as though I couldn't cope with him (which is absolutely not the case) and that NICE guidance would allow only parenting classes or medication to be prescribed. <br><br>So, my concerns are that he will find school increasingly difficult due to his poor attention and concentration skills and that the social gap will widen leaving him feeling disconnected from his peers.<br><br>Can I do anything, and if so what?<br><br>Many thanks for reading so far and for any advice you are able to give.