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i feel about adhd how you are describing autism, moonbeam and sadie. my dd is a "ball of energy" and sometimes I think....my gosh, will she have adhd? we were at her school and this little girl (4 yo) was being dropped off and the parents listed a boatload of adhd medications. i really don't "judge" because gosh knows what her doctors say and I am sure her parents know best, etc., but sometimes i wonder if we are just really too quickly "diagnosing" and "medicating" stuff that really may be age-appropriate behavior. i was going to say i am more "old school," but really i guess it is just that i am old!
i also worry about some stuff I have read that seems to suggest that the "rates" of adhd and other stuff are so much higher in adopted children. it makes me wonder why? i am very open about dd's adoption for the most part but i also don't want her falling into some "stereotypes" etc. at school. (of course, if she ends up with some disorder, i want it diagnosed and treated). it's all so scary to try to balance everything!!
sadie, my DD is exactly the same....she brings up "minutia" from literally months even years ago! i wonder if it is the age where there minds are still such sponges that they remember stuff so well?! it's crazy...we call her the elephant!!
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