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What are your fears about meds? Try to remember that we have pretty intense bias towards not intervening - we vastly underestimate the side effects of not medicating (which can be great) while worrying intensely about the potential side effects of medications. Your child’s sense of self worth is worth a whole lot and a potential side effect impacted by continued negative experiences with difficulty managing these things that may not be his fault. I know it’s tough. I struggled with it to. But may be worth considering what you’re worried about. Many of us find we wish we had done it sooner, most threads you’ll find on here you see parents sharing that [/quote]

OP here - first, the fact that no one (among our therapists and pediatrician) is recommending medication, so it is mostly something other people seem to be doing and I would have to press for.  Second, DC won't even do vitamins or cough syrup, so I imagine medication would be very difficult logistically, and forcing it may be its own trauma.  Third, all the reasons other people hesitate - concern it is not needed and may interfere with development, potential side effects, having behavior worsen trying to find right med.[/quote]

Makes sense - when you say formal eval do you mean neuropsych? Who have you seen that evaled for adhd? (Curious why the play therapist is saying a lot of characteristics but isn’t diagnosing for example since therapists can make an ADHD diagnosis. I would ask, does he meet the DSM criteria for the diagnosis? - has she given you a vanderbuilt assessment scale that you and the teacher could fill out? Has anyone? Those can be really helpful) agreed you obviously wouldn’t want to medicate for ADHD without a diagnosis. Sometimes I see people are seeing professionals that aren’t the ones that give these diagnoses and that’s why they aren’t getting them (OT, parent training coaches etc)[/quote]

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