‘ADHD’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 8

Q: I am stuck in a dichotomy between a self perceived and self evaluated case of ADHD and a deep seated denial of its existence. I have taken numerous test privately, and all indicated that an ADHD diagnosis is not only appropriate but long overdue. I am 29 years old. I think the reasons I [...]

Q: I am writing from Toronto. I am very worried about my nephew who will be sponsored to Canada with his mother from China. He has been a trouble maker since he was born. Now he is 11 years old and his situation has become worse.
His parents divorced when he was 3 years old. Before [...]

Q: My beautiful 3-year-old grand daughter is such a handful! Her mother and dad are exhausted, and I can’t watch her for more than 2 hours without feeling somewhat trapped! My daughter says she will eat her own stools! I’ve not witnessed that but what she has done is strip in public, and holler “I’m [...]

Q; I often finding myself doing childish irresponsible things. Should I be worried? For example, last night I tried to fix the sink in my parents’ house using toilet paper to absorb water that did not go down the drain and taping pencils together and sticking them down the drain, to poke around and pouring [...]

Q: To the outside world, my son is friendly, outgoing, polite, kind, and considerate. He can be this way at home, too, unless something doesn’t go his way or he feels he is being treated unfairly. If this happens, he has angry and frightening verbal outbursts that seem out of his control. When he recovers, [...]