Some parents have concerns about using stimulant medications to treat ADHD in young children. Parents sometimes feel these medications have too many side effects, including concerns about dangerous effects to cardiac health and may be worried about the potential for these medications for being abuse. Also, there is a fair percentage of... Read more
As I've written in earlier entries, symptoms of ADHD are shared by several psychiatric disorders, and parents are sometimes worried that their children are misdiagnosed with ADHD. In particular, depression in children shares several symptoms with ADHD and depressed children can look and behave much differently than depressed adults. Loss of... Read more
For people who are taking stimulants to treat ADHD, insomnia is a real concern. The medications aren't called "stimulants" accidentally. They do have a powerful ability to arouse a person who is feeling extremely sleepy, and used incorrectly, can cause problems going to sleep at night. It's one of the most common side effects... Read more
Sometimes when discussing ADHD with a child’s parents, parents say something like: “I was the same way when I was that age. Do you think I have ADHD? Do you think my child got it from me?” Parents sometimes feel guilty that they may have “given” their children ADHD, and if they are deciding to... Read more
In my last entry, I offered some reasons for why children with ADHD may be evaluated for speech and language problems. In this entry, I'd like to continue along the same lines and discuss some of the specific disorders that cause problems for children.
Early in the evaluation of a child suspected of a communication disorder, it is... Read more
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