Kids with Attention Deficit Disorder

[R de la R 2]

Does anyone has been in the medical examination with a kid who has been detected with attention deficil disorder recently, how did you managed it. My son is 7 years old.

Did you tell to the doctor about it? Please help on this.

[raymaga 25]

ADD would definitely not be a reason to deny your child a visa.

They are more concerned with communicable diseases, and ones that would cause harm to other people, etc.

[Elghazi2008 4]

Does anyone has been in the medical examination with a kid who has been detected with attention deficil disorder recently, how did you managed it. My son is 7 years old.

Did you tell to the doctor about it? Please help on this.

I have not, but I wouldn't think that being diagnosed (when you say detected, I assumed you meant diagnosed?? ) with ADD would be a problem unless it caused him to be aggressive. Have the doctor who detected/diagnosed his ADD write a statement on his practice stationary explaining the circumstances of the diagnosis (level of aggressiveness, etc.) and take the original to the medical and the interview when it comes around.

If the doctor at the medical asks, I wouldn't try hiding it...Hiding facts like that may cause problems later on down the road. Take a letter from the doctor who gave the diagnosis to help clarify your son's situation

**ADD dianosis tends to be overdiagnosed and misunderstood. When I was taking my special education courses in school, that very fact of overdiagnosis of ADD and ADHD came up quite a bit!! It seems that boys between the ages of 7 and 13 are statistically found to be overdiagnosed because of their high energy level Go figure...boys with energy who can't help falling asleep when the teacher is BOOOORING... Anyway, my point is that if you haven't thought about it, you may want to consider getting a second opinion from a different doctor as well just to be sure If the second doctor says he doesn't see it, then that's one less thing to worry about at the medical **

[mrswooten4ever 0]

Does anyone has been in the medical examination with a kid who has been detected with attention deficil disorder recently, how did you managed it. My son is 7 years old.

Did you tell to the doctor about it? Please help on this.

Don't worry - my son is blind and autistic and believe it or not hyperactive! I gave the dr and the embassy a report from his school and dr's on his condition and they weren't bothered in the least. The officer at the embassy was very pleasant and told me not to worry about it as it was something they would be able to handle in the USA.

Good Luck

Adele

[R de la R 2]

Does anyone has been in the medical examination with a kid who has been detected with attention deficil disorder recently, how did you managed it. My son is 7 years old.

Did you tell to the doctor about it? Please help on this.

I have not, but I wouldn't think that being diagnosed (when you say detected, I assumed you meant diagnosed?? ) with ADD would be a problem unless it caused him to be aggressive. Have the doctor who detected/diagnosed his ADD write a statement on his practice stationary explaining the circumstances of the diagnosis (level of aggressiveness, etc.) and take the original to the medical and the interview when it comes around.

If the doctor at the medical asks, I wouldn't try hiding it...Hiding facts like that may cause problems later on down the road. Take a letter from the doctor who gave the diagnosis to help clarify your son's situation

**ADD dianosis tends to be overdiagnosed and misunderstood. When I was taking my special education courses in school, that very fact of overdiagnosis of ADD and ADHD came up quite a bit!! It seems that boys between the ages of 7 and 13 are statistically found to be overdiagnosed because of their high energy level Go figure...boys with energy who can't help falling asleep when the teacher is BOOOORING... Anyway, my point is that if you haven't thought about it, you may want to consider getting a second opinion from a different doctor as well just to be sure If the second doctor says he doesn't see it, then that's one less thing to worry about at the medical **

Yes i wanted to say diagnosed, sorry it is a translation problem from Spanish to English. He is not aggresive, just he doesn´t pay attention in school and can´t be quiet. Yes, I took him to 3 doctors to get opinions from them.

I got that writen diagnosis yesterday but I didn´t think about the interwiew, I got this for the school thanks for the recommendation I am going to send a photocopy to the school and to keep the original for the interview.

Yes, he has a lot of energy.

Thanks a lot.

Edited January 21, 2009 by YMR

[payxibka 10,047]

moving to consulate forum

[VetsWife328 7]

I have the same problem. And even though my son has a severe case of ADHD ,we had no problems at all with the medical.

Actually ADHD kids are WAY better off in the USA since their treatment and school system is MUCH better for kids like that in the States.

Just a little example from my son,

he is almost 8 years old ,his "school" (regular elementary) kicked him out and wanted to force me to put him into a Psychiatric Childrens Hospital.luckily the Doctor there is a very smart man who told me that if possible I should move to the US asap because in Germany my son does not have a future.

Luckily my Fiance has had a severe case of ADHD himself when he was a child and therefor understands the difficulties my son has and so does his family.

So all in all,do not worry about the medical and be glad that you are moving to the US with your child.

good Luck to you

Nat

[R de la R 2]

I have the same problem. And even though my son has a severe case of ADHD ,we had no problems at all with the medical.

Actually ADHD kids are WAY better off in the USA since their treatment and school system is MUCH better for kids like that in the States.

Just a little example from my son,

he is almost 8 years old ,his "school" (regular elementary) kicked him out and wanted to force me to put him into a Psychiatric Childrens Hospital.luckily the Doctor there is a very smart man who told me that if possible I should move to the US asap because in Germany my son does not have a future.

Luckily my Fiance has had a severe case of ADHD himself when he was a child and therefor understands the difficulties my son has and so does his family.

So all in all,do not worry about the medical and be glad that you are moving to the US with your child.

good Luck to you

Nat

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it. I am having problems in school too, all this problem started on August-2008, that he started in a new school.

God is good, that he give you the good option of moving to US and of having a fiance who had same issue in the past.