First of all I should say that my 7 yr old ds is incredibly bright and doing well at school. From what I've read this isn't compatible with an ADHD child, which is why I'm unsure whether its just normal boy behaviour or something to worry about...
However , he does suffer from short attention spans, fidgets a lot and has never been able to sit still for long even to watch a program on tv. We moved him to a smaller school as he was unable to concentrate at the bigger state primary school he was at and his teacher often complained that he wasn't listening. Having said that they did agree with me that he was bright, and so I thought at the time that it was just boredom....
Having said that in the last few weeks I have noticed he has had serious anger control issues, often lashing out at me and his younger brother. My dh works long hours and for some reason hasn't been the subject of anger as much.
He gets frustrated very quickly and sometimes gets violent, throwing things about when I send him to his room to calm down. His behaviour is noticeably very different from my 3 year old. Seven year old ds has had tantrums from a young age, often getting violent. One of the signs that I've noticed at home over Easter and something that he has always done is talk excessively, often to himself if no one is there to listen.
The 'not listening' at school has improved greatly with the help of the teachers and we have no concerns at the moment about how he is doing there. He has always been a stickler for rules and regulations, sometimes annoyingly so! But what really concerns me at the moment is this anger. In particular that as he gets bigger, and bigger than me, he could lash out violently at me.
If any one has any experience of ADHD please could you give me an insight as to what you think of his behaviour?
I should add that he very sociable and polite in public, and have never had any complaints about his behaviour outside tha house!
What frustrates us is that he shows all this anger to us when we give him so much affection, love and attention!
Any help appreciated,
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Child mental health
Does this sound like ADHD?
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Maarias · 14/04/2013 15:13
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