My 5 yr Old is constantly hyperactive

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Does someone experience the same..??
My 5 yera old is constantly run on a motor... all day and even night. He doesnt sleep much but it does not effect him in the day. He has balanced diet so he is not full of suger but it is getting me down and it is very stressfull in the house. He constantly has tantrums and will not stop till i give in which i try hard to do. He has fears and phobias that i dont think a 5 yr old should have and compared to other children his age he seems more 'diffferent' do this make sense. he crys from morning tilll night and i feel helpless and want to know am i the only one who feels like this?

No you are not-there are many of us on the special needs board-I'm not saying he has sn, but is it worth exploring?

Have you asked professional advice?

My friend's 5yr dd didn't sleep much-difficulty falling asleep and was hyper. GP looked at the sleep diary she'd kept of her dds sleep and referred to a paed who prescribed melatonin which is a very natural medicine that has worked wonders-11 hours a night now!. They are now discussing if her dd has adhd or asd.

The fears and phobias sounds like my 8yrold ds1 who has as- has always been scared of different things ranging from handryers/rain/food/men - changes every now a nd then. I've had a lot of advice on here about how to handle them from the special needs section and the paed referred us to camhs and the local branch of Natinal Autism Society.There is a check list on the NAS website to see if you or your child may have asd.

For any child with the issues you describe I'd advise a very strong routine - same thing every day, lots of reminding about what's happening when.
Lots of exercise -trampolines are good for that -we have an indoor mini one that's for adults to exercise on with a big handle-ds1 loves it.

As for behavior-what's he like at school?

I have a 6yo who can also be quite manic and a cry baby.
Does your son ever have quiet well-concentrating spells? At that age mine could do Hama beads quietly for at least half an hour without external stimulus, and watched TV similarly.

thanks for the reply ladies.. defineme i didnt want to say at first that he is being tested for adhd, the reason i didnt put this is because i wanted to see if anyone would mention it or just think hes being a naughty.. many people have suggetsed getting him tested for adhd but i thought maybe they are trying to label him and the problem could be with me. i have gone through the school nurse which takes longer but i wanted the school to give there honest opinion as well. i have done an online check list for adhd and i was surprised at the question and the results. it really rang tru. im not one for going by what the internet says as most questions are age appropriate but i stand by the test i done online. in a way i want him to have adhd, so it would explain his behaviour and i can work towards helping him along rather than memebrs of the family discipline him for being hypo when its actually a medical problem, does this sound cruel??

IMHO labels are good-that is properly professionally dx labels like adhd as opposed to 'bad parent' or 'naughty child'.

A very very clever mnetter with acres of experience in this said to me years ago something that I'll never forget 'You know your child is different from everyone elses-and harder work.' Having 2 more kids who are nt I now know absolutely without doubt the different feeling you have with a sn kid-you know.

When you moan people say 'oh my child's a terrible sleeper too' when what they mean is he gets up at 530 am every day-big bloody deal.

When they say he's hyper they mean when he's been cooped up at school all day that he likes to run around and bounce off walls/stand on his head for a bit-big bloody deal that's just normal!Not still hyped up at midnight incapable of sleep.

I don't want to offend people with nt kids-problem are real big or small, but perspective is all.

I do discipline my as 8 yrold, but I also work around his as-if something in his usual routine falls apart I don't tell him off for screaming and hitting out-I calm him down the best I can and reassure that everything else will still be the same and when he's calm I make him apologise for his behaviour because that's the way the world works. We do social stories and stuff to try and anticipate change/cope with phobias/encourage socialising.

Don't doubt yourself and come over to the special needs board.