Is it possible for my son to have ADD or ADHD?

[Noodle07]

We took my 5 year old son to the doctor yesterday and he couldn't sit still for anything. The doctor was trying to talk to us and the doctor had to keep telling him that he would talk to him after he was done talking to us. He has attention problems at home as well. He can't seem to sit still for more than 2 minutes. It's starting to really worry me because we can't even really go out to dinner in a public place because he will be all over the table. He's a really good kid he will listen and do almost everything you tell him to. But if he does something wrong and you ask him why he did it. He will answer you with "I don't know". My husband and I are very new to this. When we spoke to the doctor yesterday he told us to wait a couple months and see if he gets better once he starts going back to preschool and if the teachers are having the same problems then for us to bring him back to get rechecked. It's really a scarey thing for me and my husband as we don't want him to be a zombie w/the meds but again if it's something that will help him be a better kid than we will do whatever we need to.

[JoD3_8]

Please go to this Web site amenclinics.com.  At the bottom of the page there is an area that says ADHD self tests.  Take this test with your husband and see what it says? If your son comes up probable for him having ADHD then it will take you to a brain test.  After that it will give you some helpful information on what areas of the brain are possibly being effected.  Then you can check the areas of the brain and what they do.  It will give you over the counter medications to try, RX medications to try and also foods that can be helpful.  There is also some great book, one is Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World by, Jeffrey Freed, M.A.T., and Laurie Parsons.  It has been very helpful as well as Dr. Amens web site.  Teach your child that having ADD or ADHD is something great! due to who he is and how he thinks.  There is alot in life that he can do and be great at if he learns to use this to his advantage.  Also for you, it is very hard to work with ADHD if you do not understand it.  I am 43 and have ADHD, my two sons 17 and 8 also have it.  We have had some very difficult times learning to understand ourselfs and each other.  Research all you can about it and how to understand it.  Good Luck and God Bless you.

[Jacsmom]

Before the doctor should prescribe meds, you need to have an evaluation done by someone who is certified to test for ADHD.  My child's doctor wouldn't prescribe meds until a full academic and psychological test was done.  It took about 6 months but it was worth having all the information and gave the doctor a direction to go in prescribing meds and working with my child