It was last Thursday. Well I don't know whether to say it went well or not we have come away with a perscription for DS for AD/HD - it was very strange and not what I expected at all - I hope I do not offend anyone saying this but the consultant was a midle eastern man with a strong middle eastern accent and I couldn't really understand much of what he was saying DS was the same - Dh could understand and he did most of the talking - he didn't really ask me much about the pregnancy or birth or how I felt afterward - I don't know if this was because he had all the behavioural officer notes with him - she has been observing DS at school for about 11weeks now and has visited me at home - DS teacher and me have had 3 meeting with her and she done the connor test with both his teacher and me and in her final report to the paed. she says that she wanted him seen for AD/HD so maybe cons. took that all on board - he done alot of tests with DS but could not see and learning difficulties DH explained that at this stage we were not concerned with his intelligence but it could become a problem if his behaviour was not sorted out. He then talked to us about medication and has perscribed a new drug which is not licensed yet but he has been using it for 2 years on other patients - it is a 24 hour non-controlled drug with little or no side effects he say that it sometimes takes 3 weeks to work and it doesn't always work on all children - so we have left the letter into GP and I am waiting for the perscription - I had to ask him if he thought DS was AD/HD and he said from the reports he had and from the results of the connor test that it did look like he had it - I would have liked to ask more questions but I knew I would not understand his response. The only reason why we are going to give the drug is from my discussion with the behavioural management officer who I have had long discussion with and she has worked with ADD/ADHD children for 7 years.
I am still feeling very confused - is it definate that DS has AD/HD or maybe I haven't let it sink n yet but if the medication helps DS feel better about himself that is all I want.
One thing that was really funny and I actually started to laugh while we were there the consultant asked DS to say 579 backwards - Hubby had to repeat the question to DS so then DS said "579 backwards" and I thought well that is what you asked him to say but I went into a fit of laughing - DS is so literal!!!
We started the mediction on Saturday - Straterra what changes should we expect to see in DS & do the side effects kick in straght away - DS wasn't eating too well yesterday- I really do not know what to expect.?
Also should we expect to get written confirmation for his DX so that if he still needs help at school we can apply for a statement. How much did mediction help with any of your kids that have AD/HD?
Thanks again