I know. Everyone wants to tell me my kid is normal. He wakes up at 7 and goes to bet at 8. He hasn’t napped since he was 16 months old. He uses his bounce house and trike for 2-3 hours, when he is not doing that or eating he is running in circles either singing or making as weird of noises as he can. The only time he sits down is on the potty and during meals, and even then he’s constantly hopping down. It’s frustrating because no punishment discourages this behavior. he has even become self tattling. Despite spankings and time outs, he constantly repeats his misbehavior. Just now he was in the bathroom singing in various tones, “Get out of the toothpaste!” when I walked in he had toothpaste all over the place. It is getting beyond frustrating. The one thing I know is IF he’s diagnosed I won’t put him on drugs.
Thank you for your share! I re-read a lot of the comments from the skeptics, and after some more thought, ADD and ADHD really doesn’t MEAN ANYTHING. The problems that your son and I suffer can be a combination of many of the problems described by many, here. As an aside, I also remember never drinking enough water, which became a bad habit. I was also afraid of public toilets (I laugh, today, but as a neurotic germaphobic kid, it’s NOT healthy!). I bring this up to see if you can identify these symptoms as well? I can’t imagine the toxins that must have been in my body at age nine, just based on the latter two poor habits.
You may make a very dangerous mistake by listening to the opinions posted here. FR has a history of ignorant idiot enthusiasts who don't "believe in" ADHD even though it was clinically characterized about a hundred years ago, when mothers stayed home, fathers were disicplinarians, and there was no TV.
Find a psychiatrist who specializes in spectrum disorders. From the brief description you gave, your son sounds more like Aspergers than ADHD.