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[quote=Anonymous]This definitely made me feel differently about medicating my 12 year old daughter with dyslexia with a trauma history. She is able to stick with reading practice while medicated much better, and seems to understand what she's reading better, but she is bummed about how slowly she's growing. Only started medicating about a year and a half ago? 
But I am still left with lots of questions, particularly about this:
One group of children, those whose A.D.H.D. symptoms are accompanied by intense anger, are at much higher risk of negative outcomes than those with A.D.H.D. symptoms alone. Their early symptoms, Nigg found, are often the beginning of a diagnostic cascade that leads to real problems in adolescence and adulthood, including school dropout, criminal behavior and elevated risk of serious injury or early death. Those patients, representing about a third of children diagnosed with A.D.H.D., need early attention and comprehensive treatment — most likely including medication but often going well beyond it.[/quote]

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