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[quote=Anonymous]This just seems to me like a bad idea.  Forgive the stereotyping, but he lives in NYC and sees his own and seems to think that this is important.  She has a brother with severe CP but it still seems that if you take a smart kid to a doctor, even one who just talks, they are going to think they have done something wrong or that there is something wrong with them.  He says ADD is a psychiatric diagnosis and that having been diagnosed late he spent a lot of time wondering why he could not do things that others could easily.  I was in the same boat and just thought I was stupid but this girl has no accommodations, is on no meds, and is at grade level.  She is also a very happy child.

I agree with the wife, and they are both friends, but my college classmate actually hung up on me when I told him how strongly I felt.  And we have all been thru hell together.  I am going to send him an email apologizing but my 3 kids all have a genetic disorder and one of them has additional issues and we have not sent anyone to a psychiatrist.  Any advice?  Would this be ok?  Is it possible that she might think that she could become like her brother if he does this?  I just feel like if it ain't broke don't fix it and we just saw her, spend a lot of time talking to her parents, and my gut tells me this is a bad bad idea.  I also know that not every doctor is good, and they know that too, and if you send the kid in alone it seems to me you are taking a gigantic risk with the child's psyche.

All opinions welcome.  I have ADD diagnosed in grad school and never thought of it as a psychiatric issue although I had to see a psychiatrist to get medications.
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