ADHD not apparent till son was age 4

I think it depends on the symptoms exhibited, my kids are adhd and add/inattentive, the hyper one was fairly obvious by about 3 yrs but wasn’t formally diagnosed until 2nd grade when it began to affect school. My inattentive son wasn’t diagnosed until 1st grade, I had no clue beforehand that trouble was ahead. He also has a mild/mod auditory processing problem which frequently occurs with add but can also mimic add. He has had the most academic difficulty of the two boys. My hyper guy has made honor roll several times. Medication has helped both of them.

I think the diagnostic criteria require that symptoms be apparent before age 7, among other things. An important question to ask is whether the symptoms are present in all settings. For a kid with the inattentive type of ADHD, that can be a difficult call to make because often a major symptom is an inability to stick with hard tasks and complete work. Most young children aren’t called on to persist with hard and boring things before they go to school. On the other hand, symptoms that coincide with starting school do also suggest LD, especially if there is a lot of resistance to and difficulty with things like handwriting and learning letters and numbers. If you have doubts, I would urge you to have your child evaluated ASAP. The single greatest predictor of future academic success for kids with LDs is early, appropriate intervention. School officials sometimes urge parents to “wait and see” and stress that the range of “normal” is pretty broad in young children. That is quite true, but testing can help reveal any weaknesses that exist and point you in the direction of remedial measures that can be immediately instituted. Martha Denckla, a leader in the field of diagnosing and treating LD and ADHD, believes that an accurate diagnosis can be made by age 6.

Andrea

Andrea

Seems to point to misdianosis.