I need help. My son is only 3. He will be 4 in July. A month after his third birthday he was actually diagnosed with ADHD. I understand this diagnosis its rarely given before 5 due to"toddler symptoms" being similar. So I hope that gives you some idea of how severe this is. The neurologist that diagnosed him said it was the worst case he had seen in his 20 years. He also held off on actually giving us a diagnosis so he could be e evaluated for other conditions and disabilities without the ADHD diagnosis influencing their determination. Basically he was screened for autism because he didn't start walking or talking until 18 months. It wasn't because he couldn't tho, he simply couldn't stay focused long enough to learn they thought he had weak fine motor skills, but they caught his attention long enough to see hr could do it perfectly.
Here is my problem. He can't sleep. We get 5 hours in a day. We have used melatonin and clonodine.
He can't play with 1 toy, its a minimum of 5. Take everything away he will play with a wall, step, couch, drawer, and pillow.
He constantly runs.
He's not afraid of anything.
His speech is horrible because he doesn't focus on what he's saying.
He is easily frustrated.
Unfortunately we moved to the north Alabama area from fort worth so we are unable to see the same neurologist. Anysuggestions be greatly appreciated.
Currently we are giving him .1 clonidine and 5mg melatonin at night to get him to sleep 5 hours off and on (if not he will go 72 hrs no sleep, sleep 3, go 48 hrs sleep 30 min, go 26, etc) and .05 in the am