ADHD diagnosis
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Why not? It wouldn’t hurt anything and you don’t have to medicate her. There’s support groups and therapist that will help you and her
Just saying- the one negative outcome would be receiving a wrong diagnosis because it’s so early. I was diagnosed incorrectly when I was younger and it’s STILL interfering with my health care now as an adult and is so so so annoying and has negatively impacted me in so many ridiculous ways. Can’t just delete that stuff.
@Coral because it’s accessed in your health history outside of your control?
If you do get an evaluation I’d get multiple different ones and don’t tell one about the other so they can’t piggy back off each other.
ADHD is not genetic and a child can't have Autism unless someone in the family has it
I come from a family full of autism & ADHD, with all my kids with a mix of both. Having early diagnosis isn't bad for school support. But other than that unless you wanna take action it's all up to you.( But it's a long and dragged out process). Having them diagnosed doesn't really change much other then some people think that makes them disabled. All it means is it takes longer for them to either grasp or focus on things. Unless it's severe ism ( that's a bit different with supports & help) but basically helps you learn different methods to make it easier without meltdowns in a way or less triggers. I am not fully explaining the best due to a small paragraph but it's all in how you wanna take action & how you want to have support to make your life a little less hectic, or well that's been my experience. Cause I am sure everyone that's experience the process can tell you it went different.
@Abby I think you might be thinking of something else hun adhd is definitely genetic
My daughter got evaluated at 3.5 she didn’t start talking until after 2 but everything else she was well advanced in. She was diagnosed with ADHD and sensory issues
We are almost positive our 4 year old has ADHD but the Dr won’t test him because he’s so young
@Abby our Dr. told us it is definitely genetic
My little girl got rejected because she’s 4 my GP, the HV, myself, her nursery have all said there’s a level of ADHD but the hospital won’t assess her because she’s not 6 which is ridiculous as all signs are there! The rejected her not only because of her age but also because she has no developmental issues she met all her milestones considering she’s was 27 weeks born so they said it’s not prem related 🙃 x
An eval would open so many doors to resources and therapies and accommodations. When I worked as a school counselor we saw so many preK and Kinders come in that were wrote off as spoiled and naughty because they never got early intervention for their autism and adhd. It was really sad.
@Carlene It's actually not
@Piper Actually no it's not
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@Abby since I think you're here to argue..mmmm here's Google answer for you. ADHD is strongly influenced by genetics, with a high heritability rate estimated at around 74%. This means that individuals with a family history of ADHD are more likely to develop the condition themselves. While genetics play a significant role, other factors like environment and brain function also contribute to the development of ADHD
@Abby sorry did you go to medical school?
@Abby https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6477889/
Doesn’t hurt to have an evaluation and to gain services that can help navigate challenges and behaviors