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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my son has severe ADHD and also generalized anxiety. A short trial of an extremely low dose of a stimulant was a total failure so, other than a couple trials several years apart, he has never been on stimulants. He is 14 and was diagnosed at age 6.

What I wanted to say is that he has changed a lot, too. In some ways that make life much better for him and in some ways that make life harder.  Specifically with regard to attention, though, he used to hyper-focus to an extreme on books, legos, anything he loved. You could stand next to him screaming while he read a book and he might not hear you. He doesn't do that anymore, which is MUCH better for him socially. He can actually have a back and forth conversation, which seemed impossible a few years ago. In the younger years, though, he was very advanced in all academics -- we really did the testing because of his anxiety and social challenges. Now he is much better off in those ways, but looks like a classic inattentive kid with school work! He really struggles to focus, especially when work is very challenging.

I think that as kids grow and as the demands around them change, they really do look different.[/quote]

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