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May 17, 2018, 04:41 AM
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Member Since: May 2013
Posts: 18
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Hello everyone!
It's been a while since I visited last.
A lot has happened in the past years....some good, some bad...and we keep on going! My kids are now 12 and 14 ......my daughter, 12, is the one I worry about most. I work in the medical field, so I do know a thing or two about our miraculous bodies and brains but when it comes to my dd I have no clue on what she has! This has been going on for years. We live in Germany and we have been to doctors and she's going to a school that specializes in children with ADD/ADHD, behavioral problems etc.
I have to add that my daughter does not have behavioral issues. She is very brigh child, has good grades and is the sweetest and kindest girl to everyone. A doctor diagnosed her with ADD and wanted to put her on Ritalin. I refused. This was a few years ago.
These are currently the symptoms she is displaying and has had them since she was 2 yrs old:
Fatigue - she is always tired
Can't stay focused on her work. If they get a certain time on worksheets in school, lets say 30 min. she cannot finish it on time, let alone comprehend how long 30 min is and she is 12!
She has no sense of time and still has issues reading a clock.
She constantly drifts off in her mind even when directly spoken to, she sometimes doesn't react. You say her name 5 times and then get a reaction. She drifted off in her mind while on a bicycle tour and the result was an accident 
She forgets alot, supplies, what day it is, sometimes even the way home, she always makes it home but sometimes she'll say "I don't remember which way to walk". Her reply is always: "I was just tired."
I have to add that her grades are fantastic. Mainly A's and B's!
I have a feeling there is more to this than just ADD and I just can't figure it out and I am very frustrated.
Also, she was always a girl to make noises alot. OOHHS, EEEK! AAHHH!!! and although she is 12 this hasn't stopped.
Verbally she is fit. We are bilingual and she does speak both languages. Could a form of autism also be the issue? I would be so thankful to get some input on this!
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