Re: ADD/ADHD diagnosis procedure

[Guest guest]

When my son was evaluated there were also questions the dr asked us

and Ben when he saw us.  It doesn't seem to need all the evaluation

that Aspergers does.  If the dr is familiar with ADHD he/she can

often get a pretty good idea of where the kid is during the first

consultation.

On 1/04/2011 6:00 AM, Sherri Cline wrote:

 

is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning

autism at age 5.  She is in second grade.  Even with a

one-on-one para she has focusing difficulties, and her

pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis

of ADD or ADHD.  I am only familiar with the diagnosis

from a teacher perspective, knowing that I need to

fill out the questionnaire, and so does parent.  Are

these questionnaires the only tools used, or something

else through the dr?

 

Sherri

 

15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a

man remains in me, and I in him, he will bear much

fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

[Guest guest]

These are the only tools I am aware of other than observation by a developmental pediatrician.  My son, who is 10, just went for a reevaluation (he was diagnosed as autistic at 2 1/2).  The Developmental ped diagnosed him with autism and sent me back with a questionaire for his teacher.  Mine revealed that he was ADHD as well.  She needed the questionaire from his teacher to confirm.  Our follow up appt is in August, so it won't do him much good this year regardless of the outcome.

 

Debra

 

 

 

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Sherri Cline <aml4dbc@...> wrote:

 

is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 5.  She is in second grade.  Even with a one-on-one para she has focusing difficulties, and her pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.  I am only familiar with the diagnosis from a teacher perspective, knowing that I need to fill out the questionnaire, and so does parent.  Are these questionnaires the only tools used, or something else through the dr?

 

Sherri 

15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

[Guest guest]

In order for the Dr. to properly dx ADHD the symptoms HAVE to be present in 2

environments (School and Home) and the onset of symptoms must be present before

age 7 I believe. The questionaire is sent to the teacher and one to the parent.

Other than that it is just talking with the Dr. and if you want to try meds than

many Drs just say to try it and if the symptoms are improved than great. I had

one Dr. tell me to try the meds on my son and if the symptoms improved then that

is confirmation that the dx is correct. ?? not sure about how I felt about that.

At the time my son was 4 and we werent ready to try meds yet. we are possibly at

that point now (he is almost 7).

HOpe that helps.

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> is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 5.  She is in

> second grade.  Even with a one-on-one para she has focusing difficulties, and

> her pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.  I

am

> only familiar with the diagnosis from a teacher perspective, knowing that I

need

> to fill out the questionnaire, and so does parent.  Are these questionnaires

the

> only tools used, or something else through the dr?

>

> Sherri

>  

> 15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me, and I

> in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

>

[Guest guest]

When my son was diagnosed, they used paper work submitted from the school (any

school bus write up's he had, all the notes sent home from his teacher, any

documented problems in the class room, etc), as well as the devereaux, and

another questionnaire. He -has- to be medicated, or he can not function in any

way in the class room. That said, I know in my heart he has more going on than

just ADHD, but, the meds address the problems the school has- for the most part.

When my daughter was diagnosed, we had moved and were with a new doctor. He saw

her for less than 10 minutes, asked what her symptoms were, and subscribed her

meds. I was NOT happy with that. To be fair, he did send papers home to have

filled out, but he wasn't around her, wasn't taking everything I said into

context, and made the decision based on a few of my answers. She was diagnosed

with AS about 6 months later through other sources, and while I do have her on a

low dose of straterra, I do not see the medication making -any- difference. Her

concentration made a HUGE leap when she started doing specialized therapy for

the AS, though. I am not convinced she has ADHD at all.

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> is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 5.  She is in

> second grade.  Even with a one-on-one para she has focusing difficulties, and

> her pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.  I

am

> only familiar with the diagnosis from a teacher perspective, knowing that I

need

> to fill out the questionnaire, and so does parent.  Are these questionnaires

the

> only tools used, or something else through the dr?

>

> Sherri

>  

> 15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me, and I

> in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

>

[Guest guest]

Both my kids were diagnosed ADD/ADHD based on what I/teacher advised they were

doing. We all filled out papers rating the child's behavior. Years later/many

meds nothing helped my children. I personally think many disorders mimic each

other symptom wise. Medications if tailored right work well it is finding the

right one. My youngest now has multiple diagnoses and started puberty

recently,talk about throwing a screw into the blender. With that much going on I

sometimes wonder if there is a med that will help,until then is it worth

starting/stopping over and over again?

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> >

> > is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 5. She

> > is in second grade. Even with a one-on-one para she has focusing

> > difficulties, and her pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis

> > of ADD or ADHD. I am only familiar with the diagnosis from a teacher

> > perspective, knowing that I need to fill out the questionnaire, and so does

> > parent. Are these questionnaires the only tools used, or something else

> > through the dr?

> >

> > Sherri

> >

> >

> > 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me,

> > and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

> is (age 8) was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 5.  She is in

> second grade.  Even with a one-on-one para she has focusing difficulties, and

> her pediatrician has referred her for potential diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.  I

am

> only familiar with the diagnosis from a teacher perspective, knowing that I

need

> to fill out the questionnaire, and so does parent.  Are these questionnaires

the

> only tools used, or something else through the dr?

>

> Sherri

>  

> 15:5  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me, and I

> in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

>

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