Do you feel that kids are getting diagnosed improperly?

I agree with you, like you I have went through alot and had to fight to get help for my son. I tried everything before he went on to meds and I agree that meds are always the best thing my daughter is completely doing great and fine with a only a TSS to help but my son ended up being a danger to others and himself and that was with the meds and then he got hospitalized and they actually stripped him of his med and observed him and then put him on a low dose of blood pressure meds and bingo it help. I'm not saying that this completely changed him and that he is now perfectly fine and doesn't have episodes but now they are fewer than they were .. I might have an episode here and there but guess what that it so much better than having three a day to the point where I'm called to the school and he's in the conference room hiding under the desk kicking everyone. I feel you pain I know your frustration and i know how skeptical I was when it came to medications I was so afraid of the side effects and what kind of damage they could do, but I also knew at one point it was he was either going to be hospitalized or removed from the home if he keeped everything up because where I live my BSC and TSS have to report to CYS and if I know I have a child that is a danger to other and a danger to himself and I don't try everything to get him help then he can be removed so the other kids are safe or they will removed the other kids to keep them safe. I'm happy to say the worst that has happened was to have him commited for a week that I went and spent everyday with him and I did everything I could do for him. So if it does come down to it don't feel bad and I want you to know I didn't jump either at the meds I tried other alternatives first medication was a last resort and last ditch effort. Agian I wish you luck and hope things go good when the mobile therapist comes into the house. Have a nice day .

this is very true Thank you for your insightful response .. you are correct that many times it could be the lack of communication from the kids that can't communicate exactly what is wrong and from things being lost in translation from the parents to the doctors.

I totally agree with proper diagnoses. I'm very passionate about this I see both sides of the fence that dr.'s do miss diagnose things that is why I say extensive testing/ observation. And your correct sometimes you have to go with meds. Thank you for your response I appreciate it and I do agree that some people just want the diagnoses to make their life easier. I was just trying to explain that sometime when the child needs a diagnoses it's not always easy to get.LOL!!!Why is things seem to always go from one end of the spectrum to the other?

I can't copy and paste yet, but I do agree that with proper testing, if the child is dx'd with ADD/ADHD, then meds are fine. I've always been interested in natural or holistic therapies before traditional medications so if I had kids, which I don't, I'd try a natural method before I used medications. But that being said, they don't always work. And my dig was mostly at parents who plop their active toddlers on a table at the doctor's office and complain that their 4 year old doesn't pay attention therefore he *HAS* to have ADD/ADHD. My oldest nephew is 15 and even he can't pay attention half the time. He gets distracted eaisly, but but heck, I'm 30 and still get distracted by shiny objects. But that doesn't mean I have adult onset ADD/ADHD. Point being in my ramblings is to get your child properly tested with CT scans, brain scans, brain function tests and get more than one opinon from more than one doctor before jumping on the ADD/ADHD med bandwagon.