Hello.
My 7yo DS1 has issues at home, at school and everywhere else. We have been trying different strategies at home, I feel like a walking library, it gets better but then always get worse again. The school has been "trying", i.e. art therapy, counselling, visits to the headteacher - nothing helps long term. Maybe because he cannot help it?
The worst part is that DS1 has physical outbursts at school resulting in hitting or biting other children - uncontrollable moments of impulse with irrelevant reasons (e.g. another child copied my work so I bit him). He can also be violent outside school, but I mostly catch it before escalating.
I went over ADHD symptoms on Internet again and again and it looks definitely that (hyperactive/impulsive type).
I am seeing his school teacher on Wednesday. We struggled for so long that I am starting to think that medication may be just what DS1 needs - I am willing to give it a try though like many of us, normally I am against medication.
My questions:
Is it possible to get medication prescribed without diagnosis/statement?
Can they prescribe medication without asking to try out different strategies which may take years and years? (I worry that they will exclude DS1 from school if those accidents continue).
Do I have to push the school to refer or can I go straight to GP?
Thank you!