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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp here - by the way, our 7 year old regularly tells us she’s not sure that this world is meant for her or that there’s a way for her to be who she is in this world. That’s a lot scarier to me than medication. [/quote]
That is scary. Did you ask her specifically what makes her feel this way?

My DS has attention issues in class but rather than jumping to the conclusion that he has adhd, I’m exploring whether this is just boredom, which seems likely the case with him. He also wondered if he has something wrong with him. He tests well (MAP) but the daily grind of sitting still in class with teachers who try their best but whose teaching styles are frankly monotonous is challenging.

Of course those powerful drugs will change your child’s behavior. And some do need it. I would try other interventions before going that route—making sure they have vigorous daily exercise, tutoring them yourself to see what is going on with their learning, working on exec function, clean diet.

Have to get off internet now so excuse the lack of editing.[/quote]

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