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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is 10 with ADHD and LDs (expressive language, language processing).  When we forget to give him his meds (usually happens on weekends), we can see a marked difference in his personality. His true self comes out, and we really, really like it.  He's VERY funny, witty, sharp, talkative, can initiate conversations easily and his appetite is normal... but he's also "too chatty" and "all hands".

Does anyone else feel this way?  I WISH I could pull him off his meds and just let him be.  DH won't have any of it, and I don't know how not being on meds would impact him in the classroom or how his LDs would look either.

I wonder if this means he's not on the right meds? or maybe his DX is wrong and he doesn't have ADHD? His meds are not a miracle for him by any stretch.

He had a full neuro-psych eval when he was 5, which I regret as they weren't able to get a true read on his IQ or strengths/weaknesses.  According to the tester, he was one step above "Duhhh" Had I to do it over again, I would have waited and chosen a different psych to do the testing  :cry:

not sure if I'm just venting or asking for advise.  [/quote]

Definitely bring it up with his doctor.  There are other medicines and levels of medicine.[/quote]

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