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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ds could not do soccer for this reason, he just lacked enough awareness to keep track of the ball. Yes meds can help but if you have routinely late games you cannot take that late or it will impact sleep. [b]We medicate so DS can get through school but I would not medicate only for a sport.[/b] We switched to swimming which worked better with his ADHD vs fighting through an optional sport that wasn't a good fit. [/quote]

+100.  We've been on this journey for many years with three children.  Every counselor, pediatrician, and specialist we have seen has said that ADHD medication should be used for moderate to severe cases. We have one DS on medication and two who are not.  Our DS on medication is only on it because his executive functioning skills are so hot and cold that he was struggling in school (started in 4th grade, he's now in 7th), and he had trouble staying focused in many other aspects of his life.

At first read it sounded like your motivation for ADHD medication was to improve your DDs soccer performance.  That isn't beyond the realm of belief on DCUM/in this area.  But I assume that your concerns are much broader.  You shouldn't just start meds based on your pediatrician's quick diagnosis using a few written tests.  You should take a week or two to read some books about ADHD and ask your doctor a lot of questions about it. The last book we read on the subject was Scattered to Focused.  But you can find many others that might be better for education on ADHD itself.  For example, as others noted, finding the right choice of medication options and dosing takes some time and experimentation (ours became very irritable on the first med he was prescribed... FWIW he takes an extended pill in the morning and very small dose immediately after school.)

Most good school are used to dealing with ADHD and teachers and counselors can work with you to help give your DD the best chance of having a positive school experience despite ADHD.  And you too will need to better learn how YOU interact with your child.  And sadly, there are social stigmas about neurodivergent children and the meds they sometimes take (overprescribing IS a big problem in the US), so you should educate yourself on the subject to be informed and make the best judgment for your child.  Good luck.[/quote]

This is the OP, I really appreciate your feedback as well!  You provided caring and good advice, which helps us get our arms around the issues we’re noticing.  Thanks again![/quote]

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