Hi,

My DD (10) has always acted weird. I thought she might have aspergers but then she did not have a lot of the aspergers/autism symptoms. So after reading and searching and reading some more, I believe she has SPD.

Here what I see:
- she cannot tolerate any texture on her socks. Period. Clear SPD
- she used to be extremely picky in shoes. I would buy some shoes after her trying them on and then she would find something that bothered her and would not wear them. Again, SPD.
- Same situation with pants - if she could wear elastic-waist pants for the rest of her life, she would be happy.

Here are things that might be caused by SPD but here is where I need advice:
- as a toddler, when she did something bad and got caught, she had a complete meltdown. For example, I asked her if she was drawing on a wall (as she was doing it) and she leaped in the a middle of the room, collapsed and cried and cried for 30 min.
- now, coming from school, within 10 min of coming home, she has a panic attack/meltdown because she thinks she has soo much homework, her classmates annoyed her all day, her brother (6) keeps talking, and her sister (7) keeps asking her questions.

So - does it sound like SPD? The "being overwhelmed" by everyday stress?
Who do I go to get her evaluated? I am a little weary to go to psychiatrist because I don't want her medicated. My good friend started with ADHD medicated child and the side effects got her diagnosed with 6 other mental disorders and she ended up taking about 10 different medications a day. She ended up bigger mess than she started.

Thanks for the help.