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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TLDR; ADHD meds keep teachers happier but don’t actually result in better learning outcomes for kids at school.[/quote]

This is bull sh*t. For my kid and the other kids I know with a similar diagnosis it makes all the difference. I can't believe more parents aren't calling this out for the crap it is. [/quote]

DP.  Meds can make a kid finish more school work.  Learning unmedicated is idiosyncratic and learning medicated is idiosyncratic.  Completing school work and learning are not the same thing.  [/quote]

I've been thinking about how much my son learns in school medicated vs. non medicated (probably about the same - quite a bit) and how much work he completes medicated (a lot more) vs. non medicated (hit and miss).  His grades are definitely higher on medication, his learning isn't necessarily higher.

The one caveat might be math.  He NEEDS to do the homework to have more than a conceptual understanding of the work.  We could make him do the homework when he wasn't medicated, but there was lots of yelling. Much less yelling on Ritalin and much less homework because he does more at school.

The social situation improved after medication but mostly because he withdrew socially and so was no longer a target.  I have mixed feeling about that[/quote]

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