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[quote=Anonymous]I have a different take. While I think it could be ADHD, it also might not be. I would not have my child start on meds from a pediatrician without having a more formal diagnosis, especially without teachers reporting issues. I say this as a parent of one child who has severe inattentive ADHD that can’t function without meds and as the parent of another child who was misdiagnosed with ADHD. My child was struggling academically and I suspected an LD. He came back positive for the LD and the neuropsychologist told me he didn’t have ADHD but might have some ADHDish features and it would become clearer as he grew. More likely, they could be due to the LD (frustration tolerance and messy work being most notable) but she couldn’t say for sure. 3 years later, with his LD remediated, the ADHDish features were gone. But in the interim, I did agree to meds at the pediatricians urging. It went terribly but everyone kept saying the benefits outweighed the side effects. When he went back for his reevaluation, the neuropsych told me he absolutely did not have ADHD. He had several more evals over the rest of his school years and none showed ADHD. I’m sure this doesn’t happen often but it drove home for me why it is so important to have thorough testing. Sometimes symptoms that look like ADHD can have a better explanation. In my son’s case it was LD, anxiety, TS. [/quote]

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