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[quote=Anonymous]I have two boys with diagnosed ADD-inattentive. One of them I'm pretty sure is misdiagnosed despite having a very expensive and well-regarded psychologist do the testing. The other one is in late high school, has an otherwise high-IQ and has done exceedingly well with other interventions. We were at his well visit this past week and the pediatrician wants him on meds so he can make straight A's instead of the A/B's he gets now. She also warned me, before she talked to him in private, that he will be at risk of self-medicating if we don't consent to ADHD meds. DS, however, is a very serious athlete and while I'm sure there are some drugs and alcohol around it is hard to be recruited for your sport if you are always high so that seems a bit extreme. All in all, I feel like meds are the first answer for her, but the message we got from his psychologist was much more nuanced (she said he should be fine without meds and that they don't work as well for ADD-inattentive). [/quote]

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