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[quote=Anonymous]Reading along interestedly. My five year old (not quite 5.5) was diagnosed last month and our meeting to discuss meds with our pediatrician isn't for a few more weeks. I'm very interested to hear folks' replies. As a side note, my almost eight year old was diagnosed at the same time (both boys are in the NIH study). In talking with the NIH team, they told us that the 8 yo's ADHD is likely presenting as less severe than it probably is because the school already has in place so many ADHD-type supports to help him (he is severly dyslexic, which causes some anxiety and emotional outbursts when he gets frustrated). My take away from that is that, while ADHD meds might have helped him in K or 1st grade, that the school accomodations were a not insignificant aid to him performing well as well. [/quote]
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