4 yr old sensetory integration/adhd

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My daughter will turn 4 in 2 weeks. I have hit a wall and I finally admit I can’t help her alone. I’m runnin on fumes. Short of wrapping her in bubblewrap I don’t know what to do. She is so hyper and vertaully no attention span. I’m terrified she is going to end up seriously injuring herself or her 10 month old sister. She runs around in circles and twirls around bumping into everything. She can’t stop. She has practically no pain tollerance. She is a sweet child and very caring. She just can’t stop. I never dreamed I’d ever concider medication, But, I’m terrified of this continual downward spiral.
I am desparate. If anyone has a child like this or any ideas I would greatly appriate any help
Please understand I am not overeacting. I need help and finally realize I can’t do it alone anymore. Please help

Submitted by scifinut on Sun, 06/17/2007 - 3:29 PM

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This is how my dd earned the nickname Twister. :)

Please make sure to get a thorough psychiatric evaluation by a pediatric psychiatrist with a broad range of experience. What looks like ADHD may not be ADHD. There are other disorders which have similar symptoms.

Get testing through the school district. She may qualify for OT/PT services. This could be helpful with the sensory issues.

I have a video of my dd’s OT eval when she was 9. (She’s now 15.) When she watches it she is amazed at how “busy” and goofy she was. The correct medications and therapies have helped immensely.

Submitted by jnuttallphd on Sun, 06/17/2007 - 7:13 PM

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I agree you should deftly look into some evaluating and testing. It sounds like your long overdue to get some extra help. Best wishes — Jim

Submitted by momneedshelp on Mon, 06/18/2007 - 5:43 AM

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Thanks for the response she has been diagonosed with both adhd and sensory . I am going through the school system, well jumping through the hoops so far they are dragging there feet.
What I meant to ask is things I can do to work with her. I have tried the brushing ehh so so sometimes mostly close to bedtime but, not much of a diference.
Just hoping to get some ideas from others of things to try, that might help, or has worked with other children
Any ideas would be apprieated

Thanks

Submitted by scifinut on Mon, 06/18/2007 - 12:57 PM

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I would still have her retested as she gets older. My dd’s first dx was ADHD and that is NOT what she has.

There are a couple of good books on Sensory Integration:

The Out-Of-Sync Child and The Out-Of-Sync Child Has Fun http://www.out-of-sync-child.com/

For us, nothing really helped until we got the underlying cause properly medicated. Once that was done, things like therapy were more effective.

Submitted by momneedshelp on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 2:52 AM

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ADHD runs on my side and my husbands side of the both of us have it and siblings and so on.
the senory issue is a newbie to us . However his cousin 6 yr old boy has both too.
As extreme as her lack or being aware of her surroundings has become I plan on exploring with her peditrian the benifits of medication. I just don’t want to have her turned into a zoombie. I watched my youngest brother on meds. I just hope there is better medications. She is still my baby girl. And I want her to have a fun exciting childhood, but safty has to come first. I just want what Is best for her and our family.

Thanks for the reply

Submitted by scifinut on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 12:56 PM

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There is ADHD on both sides of our family, too. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t other issues that people don’t talk about. Just an FYI.

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