Worth noting that ADHD is often misdiagnosed, in the sense that there is an underlying condition, and ADHD is just one of the symptoms. Case in point: my now 1

Worth noting that ADHD is often misdiagnosed, in the sense that there is an underlying condition, and ADHD is just one of the symptoms. Case in point: my now 14 years old kid was diagnosed with severe ADHD when he was 6. Medication improved his condition a lot. Last year we started to notice that he would have brief periods of absence, resulting in a battery of neuro tests. He has been diagnosed with generalized absence epilepsy and he is now on valproic acid. He is now much better - especially with mood stability - since started epilepsy meds. Yet, I am afraid that epilepsy is again, just another symptom. Structural damage was discarded (brain mri was normal), but we are now running a battery of genetic testing to find out. First test - cgh array - came out negative and we are now waiting for a whole exome sequencing to see if we are able to identify an underlying genetic condition. My take away: If you have severe ADHD, go to the neuro and ask at least for an EEG and a brain MRI to discard underlying conditions.