Ds is 9, our only child. He has always been a ball of energy. Full of beans. Spirited. He is bright, articulate, popular, chatty and is the most loving and demonastrative little boy. On the other hand he is exhausting. he seems to be falling behind at school - not listening, terrible handwriting, can't concentrate, disrupts others. His teacher has asked that I get him a hearing test as he wonders if is can hear or if he is choosing not too.....
I have printed of an ADHD checklist from teh internet, and he pretty much ticks all of the boxes:
Makes careless mistakes with homework/schoolwork
Has trouble concentrating (except self chosen activites...)
Often seems not to listen (we repeatedly make the same requests to him)
Fidgets, can't sit still
Runs and climbs when other kids his age just walk around town
Talks alot, interupts conversations alot
Thinks everyone should listen to him immediatley
Now I know most kids have these traits sometimes, but for him, it is an ongoing issue. We stayed in a hotel on a city break the last 2 days and dh and I found him very tiring. When at 9.5 he should be getting easier?....
In TGI Fridays we had to wait 20 mins for a table. Lots of other kids, some younger, waiting patiently. Ds fidgeting, climbing on seat, turning round, talking lots, asking stupid ridiculous questions that he knows the answer to, almost talking for teh sake of it.
Another example, in a museum dh points out something over the balcony 'Look ds, you can sit in that racing car over there and pretend to drive' ds answered 'No you can't'. He had no idea if you could or couldn't sit in teh car, most kids would reply 'really? where?!!' When I asked ds why he respnded 'No you can't' he genuinly had no explanation. He does this kind of thing quite often.
Another example, in the hotel room there was a big full length mirror on the wall, we were all getting ready to go out. Ds stood with face pressed right against mirror being silly, then he gets hold of both sides and keeps lifting it towards him then back against teh wall. It was heavy and could have come off at any given time. Again, when I asked him about it, he knew it was a stupid thing to do and again could not explain why he did it....
He is quite immature for his age, and in a group of his peers (football/cubs/school) he is standing out as the one who doesn't listen...but being in trouble lots seems to be weighing down his little shoulders and I feel so bad for him 
but sometimes he pushes and pushes untill you snap and then he sits back like he has done nothing wrong but is terribly upset at being shouted at.
Dh although was not diagnosed with anything was deemed 'hyperactive' as a kid and he rememberes being on a special diet to help his behaviour. Could it be linked?
We have GP appointment next week, any pointers of what to ask/push for much appreciated. I want to make things as easy as possible for ds.