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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ADHD adult woman here: My parents did the wait and see until I hit sophomore year of high school, because I was smart enough to just work 3x as hard as my classmates for average grades.  I looked ok on paper but I had no friends, no self-esteem, hated myself for struggling with things my classmates found easy, and attempted suicide.  A lot of kids who don’t get treated for ADHD start self-medicating with drugs and alcohol in HS/college.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “I wish we had waited longer to try meds for our kid bc no med worked for him” post here.  The general consensus tends to be that parents regret waiting so long.  If your child was having seizures, and changing diet/habits reduced them a little bit medicine stopped them completely, why would you let your child suffer and deny them medicine?  Are you going to try organic supplements instead of chemo if your kid has cancer?[/quote]

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No one knew what it was when I was growing up. My parents just assumed I was slow and gave up on me. I ended up graduating from college with honors and doing well in my career but the meds help enormously. [/quote]

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