-=> Quoting Jane Kelley to Regina Finan <=-
 RF> OBTW Jane, if you are reading this, I'm glad to see you giving
 JK> advice to RF> someone to find a Dr. who knows about ADHD.  I
 JK> personally have a family RF> Dr. who deals with ADHD children.  He not
 JK> only knows all of our family RF> history, but does testing for ADHD
 JK> too. He is very through allthough he RF> knows about other things that
 JK> can look like ADHD, but are not.  When I had RF> Jeremy tested a year
 JK> ago, the suggestion given before a diagnosis of ADHD, RF> IS A
 JK> PHYSICAL. 
 JK> Right on.  And did the testing include any for allergies? Was this
 JK> addressed in the physical at all?
 The only two allergies he has is to sweet potatoes and pop which contains a
 combination of caffeine, sugar and carbonation. The sweet potatoes causes
 uncontrollable muscle coordination and the pop is hyperness with personality
 disorder.  Normal sugar does not affect him and caffeine works just like
 Ritalin.  Needless to say he is not a sugar freak anyways, so we know that
 isn't causing anything.
 Allergies was one thing that had to be checked as he still has a problem
 with wetting the bed at times.  This is caused by sleeping too hard.
 Which in turn is caused from not being able to fall asleep at nite which
 is caused by his ADHD.  Each thing was thoughly investigated to rule out
 any physical or emotional problems before the final diagnosis of ADHD.
 ODD which we thought was the second diagnosis has been ruled out.  The
 Ritalin takes care of symptoms thought to possibly be this and returns
 when not on it.  Those with ODD do not get relief from Ritalin.
 This child is doing fairly well, although another adjustment will probably
 have to be made since his symptoms return in the evening, but I am in no
 hurry.  He is on a low dosage and we are being quite careful as to where
 we go with this.
 Regina
... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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