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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an exact description of my now 13 year old four years ago. In his case, he really started slipping academically in school and having some behavior issues. Following intructions became a nightmare, zero organizational skill, could not concentrate to safe his life in some classes,  yet laser focus on things he found interesting.
 Long story short after tons of therapies, tutors, tests of every kind he was diagnosed with ADD inattentive sub-type. Started medication and his life changed 100%.  He is now a straight A student, with lots of friends and  pretty easy going all around. 
  Motivation can still be an issue, though. [b]One of his doctors once told me that ADD is not so much an attention deficit disorder as a motivation deficit disorder. He suggested we had to try to always make him earn stuff instead of threatening to take it away[/b]. Sometimes this works, spmetimes it doesn't, but it is worth a try. 
Good luck![/quote]

Interesting.  The Dr. said this yet your DS still went on Rx?  A motivation deficit disorder doesn't seem like a real disorder to me.  People are unmotivated in areas of their lives that they find boring.  That's normal.  Like for me, that would be exercising.  I am so unmotivated.  But would I take a rx to make me more motivated to exercise?

Why not try the earning stuff rather than Rx?[/quote]

I'm the PP but not the author of this post.  I disagree with your doctor that it is a motivation problem and not an attention issue, my daughter wasn't motivated because she couldn't focus.  We had to cure the focus issue and the motivation issue cleared right up after that.[/quote]

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