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For your kids.  ADHD is associated with substance abuse, incarceration, suicide, depression, divorce, unemployment and all sorts of other negative outcomes.  It IS that serious for a lot of people.  For a lot of people it is life threatening.[/quote]

NP.  DH's family has diagnosed ADHD and has had some issues with jobs (lots of job hopping, occasionally getting fired, etc.)  I don't know whether DS has ADHD or just immaturity, he hasn't been tested.

All of those negative outcomes are also associated with prematurity, btw, according to the research.  (Yes, I have a preemie.)  And with life.  Life isn't easy, not many people are excellent at it, most of us muddle through in some fashion or another.  [/quote]

I really dislike people like you.  I'm sure you willingly and rightfully took ever medical intervention needed for your child to survive and thrive but you begrudge people medical interventions because their brains don't work as they should.[/quote]

Sorry, I was trying to take comfort in the fact that statistics do not have be determinative.  As I said, my children have a family history of ADHD and anxiety on one side and depression on the other, and also prematurity which is its own risk factor.  My children will live their lives, and they may have some or all of these negative outcomes.  Or they may not.  It's not foreordained.  [/quote]

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