Just that really. I'm starting to wonder if it is normal that my 6 year old DS cannot sit still. He is home educated at the moment for various reasons but he does attend various settings with other kids (clubs and so on) at which he seems to be the same. We also have a big extended family with lots of other kids the same sort of age and they don't seem to be anywhere near as active as he is. He just does not stop moving. I think he physically can't stop himself fidgeting. What he'd be like at school if he had to sit still at a desk I can't fathom. Even if he's watching TV or reading or drawing he has to be either standing up or fidgeting about. He also makes a lot of repetitive noises and bites his nails - it's like he has to be active. The only time I see him still is if he is really absorbed in something like lego or building a train track.
I get really judged by family because he just doesn't listen to me - e.g. the other day we were at a relative's house and he kept jumping onto the sofa. I told him off every single time he did this and he just carried on and on and on and on (it's a very small house and I couldn't take him into another room). Eventually he burst into tears and said he couldn't stop himself. Our own sofa at home has loads of burst springs from him jumping on it, again despite the fact he is pulled up on it every single time. I feel like he genuinely isn't able to stop.
I have wondered about ADHD as I have it myself (I was only diagnosed last year and mine didn't present itself as a child as his does - I was more mentally hyperactive than physically hyperactive). I spoke to the GP who was totally unhelpful and said if he wasn't "naughty" then he probably didn't have it and anyway the waiting list was over two years.
Has anyone got advice/experience?