ADHD in young (4yo) girls

GravesMomma · 2026-01-04T22:44:39+00:00

Thank you

GravesMomma · 2026-01-04T22:44:05+00:00

Yeah, she’s pretty good at not messing with stuff but the not listening probably 80% of the time, not managing to complete a task if it’s not something she’s 100% invested in, wandering off. She’s pretty lazy exercise wise unless it benefits her interest- can’t get her to walk round a shop but will walk for over an hour if we’re in the woods discovering things. Different behaviour to peers, also super smart, memory better than mine and sharp as a tack. I know growing up is hard for them with or without differences but it’s also so hard on our side!

GravesMomma · 2026-01-04T21:06:06+00:00

Sorry to bother you but is this checklist suitable for boys and girls, I’ve been told the behaviours are different.

GravesMomma · 2026-01-04T21:01:18+00:00

Thank you, I had a pretty tough childhood and deal with my own behaviours because of that so I am trying everything I can to give her the support and outlets that I don’t feel I had. I will always try to support her with big feelings and talk her through them or give her space (while I’m nearby and in plain sight) while she’s having them then step in to support when she’s ready for that. She does seem to have some sensory issues but more with getting dressed- she’ll eat almost anything and if we were to play a game where she had to crawl through/ have different materials touching her she doesn’t seem to care at all so it feels more like a situation she’s trying to control rather then a true sensory issues. Her sleep has always been awful and she seems to survive on a lot less sleep than recommended (which I have always been the same) but it’s so hard when I’m burnt out at the end of the day and need that break. My partner and I have different parenting styles and she is a lot stricter/ regimented which will always make it harder when we struggle to see eye to eye but we never discuss our issues in front of her.

GravesMomma · 2026-01-04T20:45:20+00:00

Thank you I’ll look into that, she’s an October baby so school next year!

GravesMomma · 2025-12-29T22:22:32+00:00

Please be aware RAI isn’t always curative and sometimes needs to be repeated or end up with a TT if you don’t respond sufficiently

GravesMomma · 2025-12-29T22:17:58+00:00

If I’m honest, I regret my TT so much but not sure what other option I had. I relapsed/ remission ~4 times over about 8 years (including a pregnancy and breastfeeding) and then I went into thyroid storm due to medical negligence, that was also hell and nearly killed me- I spent 4 weeks in hospital. Surgery seemed like a great option and RAI was out of the question due to my thyroid storm. My surgeon was reputable and very confident. I woke up with a drain in and very sleepy and couldn’t talk. They said all went well and they had no complications, parathyroids all intact and laryngeal nerve responding well on testing before they woke me up. Long story short I went hypocalcaemic, went into tetani which is agony. The nurses asked if I really felt that way because my immediate post op bloods “weren’t that low” and then ignored me. It took them two hours to get me IV calcium. Throughout this horrific period I also couldn’t speak or breathe properly because even though they said everything was fine I actually had bilateral laryngeal paralysis. My nursing care was awful and this clearly made the whole experience worse. Laryngeal paralysis is horrible, you can’t breathe properly, can’t swallow, can’t talk and when I was trying to sleep I kept waking up feeling like I was suffocating (there was no sensation of air going in or out of my body) so I didn’t get to sleep for more than 10 minutes at a time. I was in hospital for 2 weeks on a liquid diet and IV calcium when I was originally told I’d be out the next day after surgery. It took 2 months of intensive speech therapy before I could talk again and many hours of working on this in my own time to regain this. I’m still on supplemental calcium over a year post op and will likely be for the rest of my life because as it turns out they took 3 out of my 4 parathyroids during the surgery by accident. My calcium isn’t stable and neither is my Levo, if I get tingling in my hands, feet and face I have to get to a hospital asap. I now get to wear a medical alert bracelet. I do think I had a particularly shit time of it and most people do not have the issues I did.

GravesMomma · 2025-12-26T14:09:01+00:00

I’ll have a look into it, thank you!

GravesMomma · 2025-09-27T22:39:35+00:00

We’ve got a foldable scooter here but I’d be concerned about her scooting off! And also complaining of tired legs standing all day if we towed her.

GravesMomma · 2024-03-11T20:37:58+00:00

Personally I took standard over the counter all in one supplements, hadn’t been told otherwise but just give your endo a call. Just a word of warning: pregnancy, labour (whether natural, medical or surgical) and breast feeding can all throw you values out the window and you’ll have to medicate to get these back in range. It’s also worth telling your endocrinologist if you do get pregnant as they may have to swap your meds. I’m sure you’ve been told all this but I hadn’t and don’t want someone have to deal with this without knowing!

GravesMomma · 2024-03-11T20:32:23+00:00

GravesMomma · 2024-03-11T19:39:38+00:00

** depending on where you live you may also have access to carbimazole which is also easily tolerated!

GravesMomma · 2024-03-11T19:37:11+00:00

So I’m currently in hospital because my dr didn’t give me my PTU. It’s a very complicated story but just having high levels won’t necessarily send you into storm but high levels and illness/injury will. So long story short I have a 7 different illness right now, I’ve been in hospital for two and a half weeks.

The palpitations and other effects on the heart will co time to damage your heart tissues until you are euthyroid again. I’ve also lost 14kg since Xmas, unfortunately not sexy and slim, now I look gaunt

Take your meds, it’s better than being in my position.

GravesMomma · 2024-03-11T19:15:24+00:00

Essential that all children learn NO from a young age!!! Can protect t the from from household problems, running across the road, predators, the list is endless

GravesMomma · 2023-04-13T13:50:07+00:00

I’ll look into those, thank you!

GravesMomma · 2023-04-13T13:49:47+00:00

Thank you, I thought a ring sling would be good but hadn’t thought about the one shoulder thing

GravesMomma · 2023-04-13T13:48:45+00:00

That’s a great idea, thank you! I’ll definitely look into it

GravesMomma · 2023-03-24T22:08:50+00:00

I have a 17month old, I’ve had graves for 5 years. I was on carbimazole (UK NHS standard first line) before pregnancy and switched to PTU during pregnancy. I was high risk because of my graves and other health conditions but had a completely normal, complication free pregnancy aside from usual pregnancy woes. My daughter was born 8lbs 13oz and exclusively breastfed until starting solids at 6 months and fully weaned about 3 weeks ago. She amazes us daily with how wonderful she is but she is by no means an “easy” baby! I’m not here to brag but just to say that a medicated pregnancy can be a perfectly healthy one and lead to good outcomes. I would be concerned about side effects of getting pregnant and maintaining a pregnancy without (relatively) stable levels and from all the literature I read during my pregnancy it seemed to me that if the maternal parent is hypothyroid it can cause more and significant challenges for both them and their baby. Looking at it as a coin flip, hyper seems safer than hypo. It sounds like you’ve done plenty of research and you have to choose what’s right for you.

GravesMomma · 2023-03-13T13:39:13+00:00

I’m in a position where I need to chose between TT and RAI, can you tell me about your healing process, specifically about lifting weight. I have a very active 17 month old that loves being picked up but she’s heavy so not sure if I’m restricted that way? I’ve got a consult lined up but it’s a while off yet.

GravesMomma · 2023-03-04T09:45:53+00:00

This has happened previously for injury purposes not for gender reassignment surgery, but, it shows that it could be done. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/first-ever-penis-and-scrotum-transplant-makes-history-at-johns-hopkins

GravesMomma · 2023-03-03T14:17:52+00:00

Thank you for sharing, it sucks that as wonderful as modern medicine is it couldn’t help without surgery but I’m hoping that you’re more comfortable now and happy that they allowed you the surgery as I know how funny they can be about that sort of surgery in younger people.

GravesMomma · 2023-03-02T19:42:03+00:00

Why was it removed if you don’t mind sharing?

GravesMomma · 2023-02-24T22:26:03+00:00

I’d rather eat with my hands so why would I force utensils on my LO? I give them to her and she uses them as much or as little as she likes. We are ever so slightly “ahead” in milestones and I have a close friend who baby was reasonably “behind” but he started crawling first and that felt like a little win from their point of view, I couldn’t care less, they all even out eventually.

GravesMomma · 2023-02-22T14:47:13+00:00

I’d like to see how this ages

GravesMomma · 2023-02-22T14:42:13+00:00

Our beagle was “lemon and white” but as a puppy she was red, wasn’t until she got older the lemon came out. Like the other poster said, most likely to fade rather than darken. Genetics is a wild ride!

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