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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know plenty of kids who have these behaviors in 2nd and do not have a diagnosis of ADHD. They do better each year and by the time they are in late elementary they are indistinguishable from the rest of the kids. I'm glad most of the teachers at our school aren't crazy and push kids to medicating.[/quote]

I would have said this when DS was in 4th-5th grade.  He'd seemed to improve from the horrible impulse control issues of K-2nd grade but, as it turns out, never really improved from there.  Which I didn't know because the middle school was horrible about communicating.  It all came to a head in freshman year and we finally had him evaluated and started medication and tutoring.  He is doing so much better and has a much more positive attitude about school.  I wish I had saved him years of feeling bad about himself at school.

I don't know if OP's child would benefit from medication, and I know we would not have used medication as the first option if we'd gotten his diagnosis in ES but having more knowledge about what was going on (other than, oh, he's just young for grade and really extroverted, he'll outgrow it) could only have helped.[/quote]

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