[TeMPOraL]

Thanks for sharing, and I'm happy it worked out for you and yours!

The implication in your response is, unfortunately, what both my wife and myself secretly fear. I've been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult (and after becoming a father); there's another diagnosed case in my immediate family, and at least one highly probable one. Given how highly hereditary ADHD is, we're afraid our daughters may have it too, and we're struggling not to read any unexpected behavior as evidence in favor.

[RHSman2]

It is very hard to get a diagnosis pre 6/7 but of course we can see behaviors and project our thoughts.

I feel you on the fear and knowing it’s going to be a tougher life.

Same with me at ADHD diagnosis.

[TeMPOraL]

> It is very hard to get a diagnosis pre 6/7 but of course we can see behaviors and project our thoughts.

We're not planning to get an early diagnosis. I feel it's really too early to tell for sure. We are observing carefully though, and carefully listening to feedback we get from daycare/kindergarten and various child development specialists. So far, we haven't heard anything that isn't somewhat common with children this age.

The "projecting our thoughts" bit is tough, however, as it happens automatically. I try to keep an approach of "assume it's normal at this age until proven otherwise" when dealing with her, and the idea that she could be having executive functioning issues actually makes me more empathetic when she keeps ignoring what we say or gets randomly distracted.

[RHSman2]

I have 2 with ADHD. One with impulsive and dyslexia and the other with inattentive. The dyslexia plus impulsive is quite a challenge but early identification is key. If we hadn’t made all the changes and waited till 10 onwards we would be in a totally different situation.

Keep going, try not to over analyze and courage!!!