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Fwiw we've historically never been able to take DS off meds. His hyperactivity was so severe that he had to go on meds at age 4 if he was going to attend preschool and K. The ONE TIME i forgot to give him his meds in 1st grade, he lasted to about 10am before we got a call from the office to pick him up. Literally could not attend school or camp or a social function without medication.  You can find my posts on here from 8 years ago wondering if and when a kid would ever outgrow this intensity, because the ADHD resources/journal articles all say it should lessen "in adolescence" but without any further detail. And DH and I were desperate for things to get easier but were in disbelief that it would ever happen to DS.

Anyhow, he's 13 now and completely off meds this summer - but for day camp days, we are still putting him on the lowest dose of concerta available.  And he is AWESOME!  He was off meds a lot of last summer and the summer before too, and it was mostly fine. But at 13, he basically sits around and doesn't do anything because he is a lazy teenager. And i love it. He eats a ton, burns a ton of calories, is polite enough (for a 13 year old boy).  I never thought we'd get here.  We like to keep him off meds because his personality is more fun and open off meds.  He's indifferent.  [/quote]

This is so great to hear, thank you for sharing!![/quote]

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