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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 7th grade boy with an ADHD inattentive diagnosis that he got before 6th.  I also wasn’t sure about the diagnosis, but we decided to start medication - Concerta (generic).  The difference on the medication is tremendous.  He was working really hard to try to concentrate but just couldn’t do it.  I immediately saw that things were easier for him.  Now, when we forget the medication on a weekend, I can’t believe the difference.  He has had no real side effects outside of some small appetite suppression[b].  I would recommend giving the medication a try and see how he does on it.[/b]  You can always stop it.  It isn’t addicting.  [/quote]

This is absolutely crazy advice. The op has not listed any evidence that their kid has adhd. A diagnosis came back without adhd. But you’re suggesting medication?

That’s why teachers eye roll when kids with real issues request accommodations. Because eighty percent of the kids they have to accommodate have made up issues. [/quote]

DP. The diagnosis came back saying the evaluator couldn't tell, and that there are other , possibly conflating, issues. That's not the same as a finding of no adhd.

Add to that, OP says he has no issues because as an 8th grader, he can remember that he has a doctor's appointment.

Usually, I think people rush to over diagnose when it comes to school on these boards. OP, however, might be the exception and have such low standards that she's not aware of all the ways he's being impacted.

My kid is different. He's the obvious and extreme case. Anyone and everyone can tell he has ADHD. Even so, I had no idea until he was on the right dose of medication, that he couldn't focus long enough to sustain conversations with friends. His inability to focus had effectively left him with no ability to socialize, and I had missed this. I thought he was immature for his age and nothing more.

In this specific context, where a kid has a borderline diagnosis, conflating issues, and a parent who has lower than age appropriate standards- it may not be inappropriate to go with a try and see approach. [/quote]

I don’t know what op you were reading, but it did not say “the evaluator couldn’t tell” or that there were conflating issues. The op indicated that there was no diagnosis of adhd by the evaluator. Which the op speculated was because of her son’s answers to the self assessment. Op said there was no hyperactivity. So responses from parent and son, added with doctor observation, led to no adhd diagnosis. The self assessment is part of the diagnosis. You can’t say “oh the self assessment interfered in the results of the diagnosis”. The self assessment is a core part of the diagnosis. Obviously evaluators know how to balance kids being imperfect self assessors.

The op that there was no diagnosis of ADHD is completely different than your suggestion that the results were inconclusive or inaccurate.

Absolutely bonkers that you would read a diagnosis in this situation. And again, on behalf of a kid with SEVERE adhd, your flippant attitude to medicating and seeking accommodations under these facts is maddening and embarrassing to the actual adhd community. [/quote]

She literally says none of it was high enough to be definite. Not definite does not equal no ADHD.

She also says that he was found to have low processing speed. Low processing speed can conflate a diagnosisbof ADHD because symptoms can overlap. [/quote]

In the hands of a more disciplined clinician, “not high enough” means “you don’t have it.” [/quote]

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