Adhd symptoms in a 3 year old
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Please help! I am a mother to an almost 4 year old boy with severe behavior problems. He spits on people, kicks, hits, screams 'shut up'. He does this on a daily basis and often without warning. He is in preschool and even acts this way to his teachers and classmates. He spits on his teacher, in the past has played in his feces (happened a few times months ago), calls me ugly names. He has broken windows in our home and broken my car windshield.
we have 1 ,two and half year old boy and 2, 3 and a half year old girls. All adopted, all born with distinct differant peronalities from day one. One our oldest (by 18 days) is extremely challanging. We have very consitant, structured days , rules and disapline and that the other two do good with and respond well. She will say no almost everything, even the things she just asked for like milk when you try to give it to her.
Thank you for the added info. Please remember he is only 3 years old and is really just " a baby". Leaving his mom has gotta be hard for him. I would imagine that his Dads routine is different then the one he is used to and that makes it even more difficult. 3 year olds don't adapt to change very easily. There world is very small.
ADHD is not usually diagnosed at 3. And I don't think that is the trouble here. It may be later on, but not now.
I need help !!! My three year old has gone crazy !!! She went from a sweet little girl to one who can't sit still , wont listen , eat, and wont sleep . Not only is she going crazy I am too!! I have made her an appointment to see a dr on the 21st of this month to see about getting tested for ADD or ADHD! But I just want to get opions from others .
I would seek a second opinion on his ADHD diagnosis. A 3 year old really shouldn't be diagnosed as such. Nearly all toddlers exhibit all (or nearly all) of the symptoms of ADHD - that is their nature. I can't say I agree with medicating a 3 year old for ADHD either, but that is my personal thought and I am not a medical professional.
Some of the symptoms you referred to don't occur with ADHD - which is why I think seeking a second opinion would be helpful to you.
He is just a normal 3 year old doing normal 3 year old things. But when we are out in a crowd doing something special as a family, he seems to get revved up and can't seem to calm down. I mean -- he's not jumping around and bouncy while we are there, but he gets that way eventually and then once we get home he can't seem to come back down from his "crowd buzz" no matter how late it is. If we have friends over, it's the same thing...
s a magazine but they have great info and symptoms on the site. Also, ADHD can manifest itself in hyper attentions, which could explain why he loves puzzles, which seems like it would take a lot of attention.
Good luck, and it's great that you are noticing these things and trying to get help. I wish someone would have done that for me. I suffered from it all my life and was not diagnosed until 6 months ago and I'm 34!
t effect a 6 year old as much as (say) a 12 year old. Essentially, the teacher is comparing him to other kids in the class and other kids she has taught. If she is an experienced teacher, then she has basis for her reasoning. The school psyc will essentially hand out surveys to the parents and teacher. Whatever the outcome, it is always your choice on how to proceed.
Hi there. Well, what you describe almost sounds more like anxiety than it does adhd symptoms. My older son has sensory which is very similar to to adhd, it's neurological in nature as adhd is, and he also has anxiety. The self soothing is something he had to work on. Are you talking about when he is upset, calming himself back down? With my son, we worked with an occupational therapist for strategies for this.
Hello, my 3 year old son started at a new pre-school/daycare in August. He is very smart and knows all his colors, number, shapes, he can spell his first name etc. He is having trouble sitting during the 20 minute circle time that is required. He has a hard time staying in his seat and its interrupting the class. His ears are sensitive to loud noises so I'm not sure if the loud sounds are too much for him, He does have a hard time sitting down if something is not catching him interest.
Perhaps a strict routine would benefit him, perhaps some social skills games would help, perhaps a particular way of phrasing things would make sense to a 4 year old to help him along, maybe a "story book" that they use in autism (my son doesn't have autism but I use these to help explain things to him at times . . .), maybe there is an activity that is helpful to calming the nervous system , etc. I'd start doing those things to see if it helped.
We have a 9 year old son with ADHD as well and we too did not believe in medicating. We tried many other methods such as fish oils, nutrition shakes etc. Finally after a year of trying we finally had to give in. Our doctor put our son on Concerta. It is a slow release medication meaning it works over an 8 or so hour period. This helped our son quite a bit. Only side effect is loss of appetite. His lunch hours he does not eat much.
my partner and myself recently took our 7 and half year old daughter to see some doctor to be tested for adhd. My eldest son is 18 and was diagnosed at age 9. he wasn't showing any signs at school until just over age of 9 but was unbearable at home and when out shopping or at my friends homes. i have been told by this doc that it always comes out in school before the age of seven which much be untrue as it wasn't with my son.
My 8 year old daughter shows no respect for her father and I. She is a sweet girl in schools and with other relatives and friends. But at home, she wants attention all day, loves to yell at us, loves to slam everything around, and is up to the point of trying to hit us and calling us names. She constantly cries and whines and says we mistreat her and claims we are mean with her. When it's time to do her homework, she wants us to sit next to her and give her answers which we don't.
My 11 year old is currently being reassessed by the local health authority for his adhd. I have had problems with him since he was about 3 years old. Just over two years ago I took him to a leading private clinic and they conducted a thorough assessment on him and concluded that he does have adhd, but due to his high IQ is not experiencing problems in school as he is intelligent enough to cope for reasonable periods.
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