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[quote=Anonymous]Agree - bad advice from uncle.  For us it was my parents, who saw him  focused (when he wanted to be/was interested), that they said to never let anyone medicate him.

In MS, 2 teachers mentioned having him see a doctor.  At the time I questioned this, thinking they weren't allowed to mention that.  I started with the pediatrician, who said it would be very unusual for a 13 year old to be diagnosed (usually much earlier).  He gave me the Vanderbilt screening tool to give to all his teachers, plus my husband and myself (to do independently), and we turned those back to him.  He used that to diagnose and to medicate.

We were lucky, while the philosophy to medicate right away might not have been conservative, the way he did it was. He started on a very low dose of a medication, which was upped by 10 mg every 3 or 4 weeks, until we hit the right dose. Every 6 months he goes in for a height and weight check, and he talks to our child about how he's feeling, is it working, side effects, Etc. When we saw another doctor in the practice (for a weekend/sick visit), that doctor commented on the low dosage our child was on.  We are at all happy with that, as the low dose works for our child.  What a game changer![/quote]

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