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[quote=Anonymous]My kiddo definitely needs medication for both ADHD and anxiety/depression--and even then, the classroom is the site of a lot of struggles with attention and emotion. I will report that getting the right combo took an awfully long time--and there were stretches when the (wrong) ADHD meds exacerbated anxiety and depression. My suggestion would be to file the teachers' suggestions for now, but explore the issue with your prescriber (a psychiatrist?). And I would also have ongoing discussions with your child. How does he feel about his classroom performance? If HE feels like he's falling behind, or troubled by the way school demands for focus and attention seem to outpace what he can give, that's when meds should come under serious consideration. That may well happen later in middle school--when the academic demands typically ramp up.[/quote]
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