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[quote=Anonymous]Is this a new diagnosis? If so, suggest packing some patience and learning to deal with it until you can implement some strategies and tools. Look at all reasonable treatments. It could take you months to find the right meds/side effect balance. Why not try behavioral therapy first? DS was diagnosed with ADHD combined years ago. We went through behavioral therapy, added timers and checklists, learned to make sure that we maintained DS's attention when we were asking him to do something, built in time for DS to get distracted because it will happen, and added a whole heck of a lot of patience. Talk to your child about expectations every day. Just because they have a diagnosis doesn't mean that they get off scot-free all the time. Fast forward a few years, we no longer use checklist for every day things like getting dressed, but we still use timers. I can set him off on a task and he will get the whole task done if the right directions are given. I learned to work with the person that he is and he's learned to try to stay engaged. While we are still med-free at 11 yrs old, we haven't ruled it out as a possibility in the future as things get more complex in school.[/quote]

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