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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are not the only one.  DS is also ADHD and no, he is not on meds.  His grades are not suffering so far.  He has learned a lot of tactics to manage his ADHD to his advantage and to channel his extra energy into other activities.  In other words, we got ourselves a huge drama geek and a voracious reader.  Oh, and he's a class clown.  So far, no major complaints from ES, MS and now HS.

FWIW, diagnosed at 10 with ADHD.  [/quote]

OP here, thanks for the reply. [b]DS [i]is[/i] the class clown and the teachers hate that[/b]. I was sad to hear many of the other moms chatting about what drugs their child is on. Then the doses and that special dose just to get homework done....
[b]My son can not write anything down. He has no patience and does math in his head rather than write.[/b] I have sat and watched the other kids (mostly girls) carefully writing out tons of work. Paragraphs long. 
DS is 9 and [b]labeled by teachers as trouble.[/b] He is smart and they mention that in a patronizing way.
[b]His self esteem is taking a dive[/b], and I suspect that meds would make him feel less like a standout.
One day he told me that he does not understand why [b]all the other kids in the neighborhood do not want to play[/b] as much as he does. That was a cute statement, but it saddened me. [/quote]

This is how OP describes her DS. This is a kid in trouble and a mother in denial.  She cluck clucks over parents giving their children medication so they can do their homework. Like thats a bad thing.  Where will these children who are doing their homework be in five years?  And where will OP's DC be in five years?

The ONLY post about medication that she has latched onto is one saying it doesn't work (there are MANY studies to the contrary). This is not about where her DS will be in the future.  He is in trouble now. As she rages against the rudeness of his teacher, and sticks her fingers in her ears (la la la la la I can't HEAR you) her DS loses precious time.

She's not going to listen.  Its sad.[/quote]

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