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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a HS magnet kid who is ADD. She won’t ever be a truly top student because we won’t medicate. I’d rather her be closer to average in the program without drugs than be exceptional with drugs.  [/quote]
In the words of my son’s psychiatrist, ADHD mds aren’t performance enhancing drugs.  The primary driver for most families is their kid’s psychological well being and happiness, not school performance. When we started medication, my kid became much happier, more social, able to resist the urge to argue with everyone and able to not act in ways that were really alienating to peers.

If you think it’s about performing better at a magnet school, then I wonder if your daughter is misdiagnosed. [/quote]

They really are. Adderall abuse is rampant at top colleges.  Kids sell it all the time.[/quote]

I may have been unclear.  What my kid's psychiatrist meant is "[b]ADHD meds aren't prescribed nor are them meant to be used as academic or sports performance enhancing drugs. If that's why you are taking them, then you are abusing them[/b]."

Yes, many medications present risks of diversion and abuse, and ADHD stimulant medications are certainly high on that list.  Just like with opioids, parents need to be totally on top of ADHD meds -- they are a controlled substance and MUST be treated as such, especially with teenagers.    When your kid is in high school, it is very likely that other kids who know that they have a prescription will ask them for some of their pills.[/quote]

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