At the age of 2 I knew there wasn't something right with Lachlan. At the age of 2 he got told of for something, so he reached a ball point pen and stabbed all our vinyl kitchen chairs.
At the age of 2 he got a toy plastic hammer and smashed his dads laptop screen. There was other stuff as well, and being my 2nd I knew it wasn't normal "terrible two" behaviour, it never relented during the years 3 4 5 etc etc either.

3 days before Christmas in 2010 (aged 6) I had enough, and got referred to a paediatrician. We were told he was gifted. 2/3 yrs above his normal age. Got told to see a child pysch but the one she wanted me to go to was an hours drive away and around $120 a session and we needed at least 12 sessions. We couldn't afford it. I spent January ringing around places and nobody was willing to help us out.

Fast forward to this year, and a lot of his ADD tendencies have become paramount. ADD and giftedness apparently go hand in hand, but this year he is starting to slacken of in school work, where as before he was always excelling. I have really struggled to cope with him at home as well. So 2 weeks ago I saw another paediatrician and by the sounds of it he will classed as having ADD. We go back tomorrow for the official diagnosis. I watched a video last night "Understanding ADD" and it was Lachlan down to a tee.

We see someone from the Child and Adolescent Mental Heath Services on the 22nd.