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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for all your responses.  He is in OT and speech therapy and in pep classic.  If there was any way to avoid medication I would.  Unfortunately it is so severe that it impacts every part of his life.  I myself have ADHD and was on meds in high school and college.  I know I hated the way I felt on it.  I'm hoping that medication has improved.  I feel that if he could just pay attention he could be so much more successful.  He is not hyperactive but completely inattentive.  [/quote]

OP, our DS started medication right around the time he turned five.  Like your DC, our DS has ADHD and significant developmental delays.  Our developmental ped at KKI finally said "you know what, he's falling so far behind on some fundamental learning skills and we might have an opportunity to help boost that development by trying meds early since attention and distractibility has become a real obstacle and there's no point in waiting for him to fail when academics really kick in after about second grade."  So we've been trying Focalin.  Although originally I was opposed to medication, after watching my DS struggle and after recognizing the global impact of the inattention and executive-functioning deficits on DS's social, educational, physical and emotional development, I decided that if there was any chance at all that meds might help him then it was worth a try.  That being said, we unfortunately have not really seen any difference in DS's behavior or development at home, although DS's teachers have said they see some improvement at school.  DS is on a very low dose of Focalin so I don't know if maybe his ADHD is so severe that the dosage is not sufficient or whether Focalin is just not the right med.  We've tried the Focalin for about 7 months.  Honestly, I wish it was working better because at this point I would be willing to try almost anything if it would help my DS.  And changes in diet, etc., have not done squat for him.[/quote]

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