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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will give you a different perspective to think about. My DS went through similar issues at age 9. A doctor thought he was depressed due to issues at school and suggested medication. I had similar concerns about SSRIs and wanted doctors to rule out everything before I went that route. He wasn’t sleeping well and I had him undergo a sleep study. Turned out he had sleep apnea. For many kids the symptoms are similar to depression and ADHD. We got his tonsils and adenoids removed and the behavior and mood issues dramatically improved. ADHD and sleep disorders are common coexisting conditions. Sleep disorders are grossly underdiagnosed and likely account for a large number of ADHD diagnoses. 
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Here we go! This is the answer. There are a dozen biomedical issues that should be ruled out before ssris are on the table. 
Does he have low iron? Does he have convergence insufficiency? Does he have a deviated septum? does he have allergies. Does he have methylation problems? Is his b12 good? Does he have Fraa? 
People with audhd are highly prone towards digestion, absorption, mcas,allergies,  vision, sleep and orher problems.  He should evaluated for them.  You will believe your pediatrician would have caught these issues but irs hard to catch them when no one is testing for them.

Pediatricians wait until you are clinically ill before they start looking for answers.  Headaches and irritability are a symptom that something is wrong biomedically.[/quote]

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