Anyone helse ave issues with teenage kids Severely over acting to the smallest injuries?
My stepson is 16 years old and We took him and his sister to get evaluated , and she was diagnosed with adhd. But Surprisingly, to me he wasn't, he's 16 and she's 14. She was put on medication and it definitely helped. But he has this thing that from what I have read is a common trait amongst children with ADHD. He Can get a small injury and overact like it getting an arm cut off and when I say a small injury , I mean , like a splinter. And it won't be just talked about for a day or 2. He will show you that splinter, or that non-existent spot on his finger for 6 months. Originally, I just tried to chalk it up to this generation isn't built like my generation. I was born in 1974 and I grew up with a dad who had severe OCD and was a contractor who owned his own business. So needless to say we did jobs over and over and over again. That was back before people really understood OCD and I just thought that was what men did worked hard.
So when he got older, I just took it as this generation is built a lot softer than my generation in previous generations. But now, that he's gotten older, I figured that it would grow out of him, but it doesn't seem to be, it's just as bad at 16 years old for him, as it was when he was 6 years old, actually, that's not true. It's actually worse now. I'm starting to think I may need to carry him to another. Doctor for another evaluation cause. I don't think that first doctor got it right with him.
Anyone else experiencing anything like this?