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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I have a wonderful success story about my 13 yr old son! He was diagnosed at age 6 with severe ADHD and with Dyslexia. We immediately started him on a medication but it made his heart race so I stopped it. Tried one more but I did not like the way he responded to it. This was during the first 2 months after diagnosis. I decided to stop meds and teach him everything that I have learned from growing up with unmedicated severe ADHD. I pulled him from public and my mother (who has a degree in education and I (Business Management) began to homeschool him. FF to the end of his 6th grade yr....The same psychologist who diagnosed him said that he showed no signs of ADHD. He is now focused, calm, and is training to be ready to join the NAVY at 17 (We spoke with a recruiter Sunday at Tinker AFB. He was impressed with my son.). You CAN live happily and well with untreated ADHD. Good Luck! [/quote]

Your story is lovely, but when kids have a LD like dyslexia, the behaviors that they cause often look like ADHD. This is why MANY TIMES advice is given to not just go to someone who only dxes ADHD but to also get a full neuropscyh evaluation so that you can be sure a child only has ADHD and does not have a LD that is causing ADHD type symptoms.  Now some doctors may not give a dx of ADHD when there is a newly dxed LD because it is SO HARD TO TELL if the child has a disorder causing the inattention/hyperactivity or if it is a result of the LD.  A diagnosis of ADHD in that situation can help kids get the supports they need for the symptoms they have at the time, but it doesn't mean they will always have ADHD.

My child was not officially dxed with ADHD because he had another condition that the neurologist felt could have been causing the ADHD symptoms.  Now that that condition has been resolved, it is clear my child has ADHD and we have started medication.

Congratulations to you and your ds!  [/quote]

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