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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of young children have "serious" attention issues! They are not supposed to be able to sit still and focus at this age. This is why most doctors hesitate or even refuse to diagnose ADHD-inattentive until early elementary. These same doctors are often more willing to diagnose ADHD-hyperactive type if a child is doing things like jumping off furniture and endangering himself.

He is a rising kindergartener so I am worried about the academics but will that not adjust with time?
Sometimes. You can't tell what will happen at this age. Most of the people are on this board because their child continued to have issues so you'll find a biased view.

Is there craze to fix kids with medicine? 
Yes. There was a government report out saying something like this earlier this year.

Why do parents do it? Is it just unbearable? Or are parents who medicate simply scared of falling behind academically in this area that is known for overachieving kids who play 6 sports, speak 7 languages and 5 instruments by the time they are 6 years old? 
I know parents a number of parents who did not in preschool but did it right before K because they wanted their child to keep up with the other kids in academics and did not think their child could be at "the top" without being medicated.  They also worried their child might be labeled a behavioral issue without medication. They are medicating due to school pressure. If they had could afford to have their child in a less strict program in a private school instead of a public they told me they would not have medicated.
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