I have a 9 year old boy with ADHD he always had all signs of high ADHD since he was 18 months but was never diagnosed by Dr's ,and we still haven't made the decision of which medication to have him take, his pediatrician ask me which one I will like to try, I can not find a specialist here in Las Vegas there is a shortage in Dr's/ specialist and so on.
I got a referral from his pediatrician to see a geneticist, there is only one so it took him 6-7 months to see him, he too measures on his head and body and sent him on his way saying "there is nothing wrong with him mom", I ask him if he can do some blood testing on him to find out what type of medication will work better for him and he said "I dont do that type of test" he was very annoyed that I even ask him or even that I took him to see him when I guess he expect him to have some type of physical genetic deformation /syndrome?
Did I took him to the wrong specialist? I also got a referral to see a neurologist and I am afraid they wont look into anything , can some one tell me what type of testing a neurology can do for my son? beside the testing to find out the right medication(not sure what the name for that test is called) he also has gotten hurt on his head numerous times always getting stitches ,from falling back and hitting the back of his head at 2, getting hit in the face with a swinging rod bar in the park near his eye socket, also running into a still bin and open his forehead and other 3 more accidents, is there any test he can do to make sure everything is ok inside his head?
please advise,