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OP, you must realize that a child with any kind of special needs is going to impact your family lifestyle in ways another child won't. This means you can't compare your family life to others who don't have your challenges.

So you have to find ways to manage:
1. Tweak his medication if possible.
2. Enroll him in less extra-curriculars.
3. Enroll the other kids in less activities.
4. Try to plan each year (or semester) so that at least two of them are at the same place at the same time so you can simplify the running-around and time suck.

I have a 10 year old with severe ADHD, who thankfully responds well to medication. He went from daydreaming all the time and never getting anything done to being super responsible and independent for his homework/chores. Please realize that having to help with homework at 13 is a HUGE RED FLAG. Your child will have great difficulty managing high school multitasking and going off to college if he can't make progress in his organizational skills and executive function.
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