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.
Glad things are moving forward albeit slowly and that you are finding the answers that you need to help your boy....maybe meds are the right thing, follow your heart and it will lead you in the right direction. Lots of love xxx A
ReplyDeleteThanks sweetie. We'll see how it goes xxx
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