Adhd symptoms in a two year old
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Has the doctor recommended he get a clean-out at the hospital? I hear someone has to be on a stool softener every day for a year, after the cleanout, to allow the colon to heal completely and begin to contract normally. Are you finding that to be true?
I ask because the two issues can sometimes be related.
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.
I have a very bright, social 10 year old girl. She does well in school, has many friends, and is well liked by her teachers. I just had a conference with her homeroom teacher this afternoon, who suggested to me that she feels my daughter is ADHD because she's so talkative. She has no other behavior problems, is friends with everyone, and makes good grades.
Feel irritable and throw violent temper tantrums.
Seem extremely happy and have high energy levels.
Touch their genitals, use sexual language, and approach others in a sexual way.
Not sleep much and go about the house late at night looking for things to do.
Talk very fast.
ADHD and bipolar are very simalar and often misdianosed here is a list of differences:
1. Destructiveness may be seen in both disorders but differs in origin.
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!
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.
And ur Rigth maybe the doze is to low for him Iam going to ask the doctor about that . I also have a 9 year old with adhd and he is so sweet and lovable , I can not even compare them with the same symptoms.. When I say my son is cruel mean I really mean it . I mean there's some things I could not even mention on here just to protect myself I'd say .
Remember I said that kids with ADHD do have a much higher percent of accidents. So in a sense, she may not have control - but that would be a bit unusual at her age. It probably wouldn't hurt to do a simple check for an infection of the bladder.
By the way, the book I recommend the most over on the ADHD site is, "The ADD/ ADHD Answer book," by Susan Ashley. Its only about 10 bucks on Amazon. I think that you will find it very helpful.
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.
Your son may well display ADHD, but it is important to arrange a thorough evaluation and not rush too quickly to the diagnosis. The on-line surveys can be useful tools to see if a person might display symptoms typical of ADHD, but a thorough assessment will consider a child's medical history, family history, current functioning at home and in school, possible alternative explanations for the symptoms identified on the surveys, etc.
I have two children, (a nine year old boy and a 3 year old girl). My children have 2 different dad's and my son's dad died when my son was 1 1/2. My daughter's dad and I split up last July. He stepped up and assumed the role of dad to my 9 year old. Since about Septemeber/October he has almost completely backed out of my son's life and rarely talks to him. My 9 year old has been suspended from school 7 times this year.
My son will be 6 years old in the next few weeks. Over the last year I have noticed repeat behavior from my son that for some reason we are unable to correct. Maybe we are expecting to much of him but we are ready to pull our hair out.
My son is a very sweet harted person. He is kind to friends. Has no problems in school. But when it comes to every day routines and behavoirs at home there seems to be a block. When we explain things to him he looks at us like we are not there.
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.
Now my one goal is to get her the help that she needs to make her a happy, healthy child. She is very smart, great with her 1 and a half year old brother, great with her cat. She isnt violent, but she's very destructive. She doesnt take care of her stuff. She doesnt listen. I do not know the last time I got to sleep through the night. She still wakes up in the middle of the night crying. It's physically and emotionally exhausting being her mother.
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