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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I think the glasses analogy is apprapos, my husband countered the diabetic argument to say that our child's ADD -- which he isn't really convinced of -- is not life threatening like diabetes. If you are philosophically opposed to medicating for ADD, which my spouse is in my child's case, medication is ``pathaologizing boyhood.''[/quote] That's funny. Being near sighted isn't life threatening either but I can't function very well without my glasses. [/quote] While ADD isn't life threatening, it definitely threatens the quality of your life. When I talked to an educational consultant after our DD was diagnosed, she said that I will need to consider ADD for everything we do for DD. ADHD affects academics, relationships, family dynamics, career, etc. It's a lot more pervasive than just "not being able to focus" [/quote]
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