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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or at least it seems that way. So he is a stand out and the teachers can't stand it. He is ADD and his symptoms are typical. 
Is this like steroids and sports? That is, if you aren't taking them and everyone else is, you'll never win? [/quote]

Don't be proud of this.  You are cheating your DS and it will have life long effects.  Right now, he is missing out on learning. Not just classroom learning but social learning. He has already missed out on so much and will continue to miss out on even more.  He will find it harder and harder and harder to figure out how to do academic work and how to fit in socially. He will see that he isn't like the other kids. He will try really hard and want to do well academically and socially but can't. Even when he manages to get it together for a brief period, he will be so overwhelmed by what he doesn't know and can't figure out that he will quickly lose focus.  He will want help but won't be able to formulate why he thinks he needs help or what will help. He will try and reach out for help, fail to explain himself like he wants to and then stop asking for help.  Depression and anxiety will grow in the teen years.   I am an ADD adult who missed out on so much of my childhood and young adult life.  I wish that ADD had been recongnized when I was a child. I wish my parents had medicated me. I can't even image today all of the opportunities I missed out on. It really, truly sucks.[/quote]

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