My dd is intelligent and attends a very good girls grammar school.
But yesterday, one of her teachers apparently made what I can only assume was a flippant comment to dd about her having adhd because she is constantly fidgeting. This has preyed somewhat on my mind because I know dd does fidget a lot. But she will read several chapters of one book in one sitting and can focus on other things such as minecraft. She is quick to anger and can fly off the handle, later realising that perhaps she overacted she also has some difficulties being organized and can quite often forget things. The trouble is because she is doing so well at school (CATS scores were all above average) it is difficult to work out whether it is just a growing up/pre-teen thing (she is a young 11) or whether she actually does have some elements of adhd and therefore a diagnosis wouldn't be clear. As well as organization skills the only other thing that lets her down is her spelling (but not her creativity) and I don't know if this is in anyway connected. She seems hooked into screens - constantly checking her phone for example but I don't know whether this is an age related thing, I don't really see other children of her own age so it is difficult to compare. Up until recently she has had an extreme fear of dying (but this seems to have calmed down a lot since starting secondary school) These issues have been noticeable for the past few years but because it hasn't affected her school work, I haven't really seen any reason to act, though I did approach my GP about her dying phobia but it wasn't really taken seriously and as I say has faded now. But I suppose the teacher making this comment yesterday, however flippant has got me thinking again. Any thoughts?