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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We shifted schools to a private that offered a more traditional experience vs a public that was workshop model/laptops/distraction central. Some of the kids at Trad School do take ADHD meds, but the environmental change has been enough that we haven't needed to make any pharmaceutical interventions.[/quote]

Same I will not medicate my DC[/quote]

Neat. I will just tell my kid to go back to hiding in the corner or behind me every single place we go and to be happy having no friends. It may surprise you that kids have symptoms outside of school![/quote]

+1. It’s great that pp can modify their school environment. They won’t be able to do that for the rest of their life, though.[/quote]

Right? My kid was literally essentially having his brain overwhelmed with negative suicidal thoughts every time someone made a correction (so school, sports, camp, home, etc) or when he lost a board game or when he got embarrassed or over anything his brain perceived as negative. He was barely talking and we were looking at an ASD/selective mutism diagnosis. ADHD meds completely changed all of that.

[b]Folks are very dismissive of ADHD in thinking that it is only hyperactivity. "Oh, they diagnose boys so much because they don't like to sit still" "if they just let them play" but it is so much more than that. [/b][/quote]

You're responding to people who have experience with ADHD, RSD, anxiety, and everything else that goes along with "just hyperactivity".

A change in environment can be enough to tame the overall system and reduce overreactive responses.  It's not an attack to say that works for some families.[/quote]

You don't think its an attack to say "I will NEVER medicate" or "just change diet" or talking about it being over diagnosed. People are very judgmental of ADHD medication. [/quote]

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