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[quote=Anonymous]Our DS started medication in 6th grade.  It was a big mistake.

DS has gone thru adderall, focalin, concerta, ritalin.   Started after teacher said he was having trouble focusing and getting tests by pediatric neurologist.  It seemed like a godsend in middle school and really did help then,  but in high school it started affecting his sleep.  We did not do enough research and did not fully understand the tradeoffs.   Getting up at 5:45 for school going to school medicated, crashing after school, taking something else for homework (offered by DR when DS complained about homework), taking something else for sleep, on and on.  All prescribed by DR with parents thinking this was helping.  Child started thinking that pills were solving problems.   Affected mood, both highs and lows.   Took a whole summer of no medications to work this out and let DS starting to sleep normally again.

Don't start with medication, start with counseling, and tutors if necessary, and after that has been exhausted, and even then I would change schools first, and only then would I think about trying these ADHD medications.  There are no biological tests for ADHD, it is all subjective judgement by a DR.

I would also challenge parents, are your children really that much different than when you were a child?  I had the same attention and focus issues, still do, but I learned ways to adapt, and the school/pressure wasn't so over the top.

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