I'm getting more and more frustrated with DD (8), I feel every day is a struggle. She's not diagnosed as we weren't aware she was ND until she was almost 5.
She was very verbal early, hit all milestones on time, always pointed and asked for things, no unusual tantrums, great eye contact, social. Went to nursery since she was 2 and when she left the teachers said she'll do amazing when she goes to school. At that time she would be happy sitting down doing some art, she'd have a go at all activities, listened etc etc. Just a typical, happy child, very well behaved too.
As she's getting older, we and her school can see clearly she is ND. I'm trying to put her on a waiting list for assessment, I've got an appointment with GP soon.
The thing that worries me the most is that she is VERY HYPER. She isn't hyper at school, but when she comes home we struggle to have a back and forth conversation with her. She just babbles irrelevant things, winds us up constantly and bounces off the walls. It's starting to impact my mental health as I really don't know what to do to change things. I take breaks from her by just going upstairs and leaving her with her dad. She's becoming a bit more unfocused at school too, makes mistakes, very slow with work and she's aware she is no longer doing as well as she used to. Last year she excelled at some many things.
Can anyone offer any advice? Do things get better when they grow or are we just going downhill?
School suspects ASD, but I'm sure there is ADHD as well.