Today I had a meeting with the neuropsychologist.
He strongly feels that contrarian has ADHD in addition to Aspergers. It's difficult to know if the 'impulsive behavior' is a symptom of the Aspergers or ADHD but there's a strong possibility it's the ADHD.
If it is a symptom of ADHD then medication could help in the therapy.
If it's a symptom of Aspergers - well then the medication won't do much good.
I have always been very reluctant to use drugs on a child. Drugs have no place in a child's body. But then there are children like my son who really want to 'fit in'. Like most children - he just wants to be like everybody else. The thing is - he's not like everybody else.
If medication can give him the 'thing' that he needs to be able to behave like other kids in new situations and with strangers - maybe that's a good thing.
Maybe it will open a whole new world for him. The ability to try new things and make new friends.
Everything is going well at the moment. The three musketeers (friends) have found eachother again.
I had a meeting with his teacher yesterday. Things are going well at school - much better than they used to. This last week he has been uncooperative and questioning everything but it is always much better than it was a few months back.
The teacher has put contrarian in charge of a project - teaching the other kids English by presenting them with questions to answer.
He thrives in his role as 'English teacher'.
Below is a diagram. The average is 50. It is clear that contrarians ability to focus and shift focus is way below average.
An appointment has been made with the psychiatrist for 1 June.
