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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. So would you say, then, that it would be helpful to find out earlier rather than later what issues medication will help vs. not help? We don't have an IEP yet, but we have our second EMT meeting soon and are meeting with a developmental ped. shortly after that. What things to you have in your IEP to help with executive function issues? That's definitely an issue for him, although I don't believe he has any learning disabilities.[/quote]

If you get testing done through school or privately, you'll have a sense of the issues.  At the same time, your son is still young.  I'm one of the PP's whose DS was DX'd at 6.5 years.  He got the IEP based on the ADHD diagnosis.  Some things become clearer over time -- our son is still below grade level in reading, writing and math.  He has made great strides in reading but math this year (3rd grade) has really shown that there are probably bigger issues.  Services and general help at his school have been great.  Schools tend to hesitate to diagnose specific issues young (some of this is understandable).  As I said in a previous post, we'll be doing some private testing in a couple of months and third grade is a good time to do it.  Kids have greater maturity, the emphasis in school shifts (from learning to read to reading to learn), and some things just become clearer.

Roughly 2/3s of kids with ADHD have various combos of issues.  Large percentages have ADHD and anxiety and/or learning disabilities.  It is not easy to untangle one issue from another at a young age in many cases.  At this point, for our DS, we think additional testing will yield additional insights.  We know at this point that medication is helpful for behavior and has some benefit for certain types of work at school.  However, our DS still has difficulty working independently and thus, we expect that there are other underlying issues that are making things hard for him.

We, too, pretty much medicate for the school day (but he takes medication every day, no breaks) and yes, homework is hard, both in terms of focus, neatness, and amount of time.  We've tried a booster of medication with very mixed success.  Yet there are days that he is very cooperative and does a great job on homework.

Good luck!  I liken this journey to a roller coaster rides - lots of ups and downs.  We've tried to be level-headed, not rush from one thing to the next, and give various meds/interventions time to work.  Good luck to all![/quote]

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