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[quote=Anonymous]Medication can take awhile to figure out. For example, we started Guanfacine first and are now trialing adding a small dose of Focalin for our 5yo whose adhd is severe enough that it was diagnosed at 4 by several doctors and has been an ongoing issue at school, camp, and to a lesser hut still significant degree at home.

So I wouldn’t say “things to try instead of” medication, but here are the things I have in place in general, as we sort out medication: extra services at school (we pay for a private SEIT to help with emotional regulation for a bit every day), OT at a sensory gym, and speech therapy. We also tried fish oil and an integrated listening system- mostly because by chance the first developmental pediatrician I saw was holistic and recommended it (it’s kind of a pseudoscience and months in, we still need to go the medication route for adhd.)

My sons adhd has really caused difficulty for him to develop his fine motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. OT has been very helpful for that. He doesn’t really have any speech issues but we’re working on some specific sounds- would only add speech if you need it.

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