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[quote=Anonymous]What grade?  You are at the right school because that is the level this right for him. What you need, since the dx was so long ago, is to go to a doctor and get the diagnosis paperwork again.  It took time to find the right meds for my ods, but not that long once we were working with a good doctor who specializes in ADHD.   Don't be afraid to change up the meds or change the dose until it is working exactly as you need. If it is not good enough, then go back and tweak it. What took us awhile is that we moved during that process and we also thought what ds was getting was "good enough" when it wasn't. 
My ds is also inattentive type ADHD.  He is in 8th grade now and takes two meds, Focalin XR in the morning and Adderall after school to help with homework.

My yds has now been dxed and we started meds now, instead of trying to wait with ods.

WHAT YOU REALLY NEED is a recent copy of the diagnosis paperwork and to request a 504 meeting and get your child a 504.  He needs those accommodations.

My ds is like yours - very bright, tested in to the GATE program, etc (we are not in the DMV) and he MUST have the 504 accommodations.  He needs extra time for homework and tests (and mostly this is so that if he forgets something he can turn it in late), preferential seating, to be able to type any work... these are the big ones.

You don't say what grade your child is in.  My child was doing fine in school but he missed out on learning all the executive function skills that he should have been learning. It is only now that he is on the medications that he is making progress.

Our goal (because we started this medication in middle school) is to get him where he has it together before high school. I think he is going to make it.  We regret not starting the meds sooner and we have started his younger brother on meds now at age 10.

Good luck. [/quote]

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