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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you really sound like you are extremely anxious.  I'm not saying that you may not have a reason to be, but it is not at all obvious by your first post that there is anything seriously wrong with your son that is meriting your reaction.

Your son is a teenager.  It is normal for them to drift, to try pot, to be depressed when they break up with a girlfriend and to make friends online.  Your pediatrician is absolutely wrong and unethical to rule out a diagnosis based on one criterium, and he happens to be dead wrong about ruling out based on THAT criterium.  Kids with ADHD hyper focus and can do tasks for hours.  He/she couldn't be more wrong.

If I were you I'd go to a parenting specialist and test the waters to see if your son is a normal teenager or at risk.  At risk behaviors are things like cutting school, getting into fights, failing, doing drugs and drinking and several other things that you haven't mentioned.

Get yourself some resources before you turn his world upside down, you need someone to strategize a game plan with you.[/quote]

What is a parenting specialist? I am open to any suggestion pointing me to right resources. He has tried drugs and plans to try more. He is trying talking to his friends about trying other drugs. May be I am overly anxious... but I do not want him to continue in the slippery slope.[/quote]

We went to a family therapist to work on parenting skills. I am not the PP but I think that is what she is saying, a family therapist (for you and your H, not DS).

These are issues parents deal with ... you probably just need skills on how to deal with them. [/quote]

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