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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 500602" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>For my son stimulants have give him a chance at a normal family life. He started them at 4 and the day he started I got a call from school that for the first time ever he was not walking all around the room. He sat on a carpet and listened to a story for the first time in his life. So, again, it is totally individual and depends on what is going on in their little brains. If they are being labeled adhd but really just have symptoms that look like adhd and it is really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or auditory processing or motor issues... etc... then it could be that it is a misdiagnosis so naturally the medications wouldn't work. And for many there are mixtures of the above so medications can help but not be the total answer.</p><p></p><p>For your son it may be that there is a mixture and since you acknowledge that the medications did help, it may be that he needs them to be able to work on these other issues. If he truly has a chemical issue in his brain it may be asking a lot to have him work on these other really difficult issues without his executive functioning, impulse control etc. being optimal. It makes total sense that his adhd is manageable at home but not at school. We can really make our kids' worlds fit to them... that is our job. There should certainly be reasonable accommodations at school too. So if he does not need the medications he can have a chance. Just looking at both sides which I certainly imagine you do daily.... it is such a hard and personal thing to work through.</p><p></p><p>The ABBREVIATIONS ... if they are underlined, you can put your cursor on them and they will have a pop up definition. difficult child means gift from god, the way the board talks about our differently wired and/or challenging kids. There is also a list of commonly used abbreviations and I just know someone much smarter than I will know where it is, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 500602, member: 12886"] For my son stimulants have give him a chance at a normal family life. He started them at 4 and the day he started I got a call from school that for the first time ever he was not walking all around the room. He sat on a carpet and listened to a story for the first time in his life. So, again, it is totally individual and depends on what is going on in their little brains. If they are being labeled adhd but really just have symptoms that look like adhd and it is really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or auditory processing or motor issues... etc... then it could be that it is a misdiagnosis so naturally the medications wouldn't work. And for many there are mixtures of the above so medications can help but not be the total answer. For your son it may be that there is a mixture and since you acknowledge that the medications did help, it may be that he needs them to be able to work on these other issues. If he truly has a chemical issue in his brain it may be asking a lot to have him work on these other really difficult issues without his executive functioning, impulse control etc. being optimal. It makes total sense that his adhd is manageable at home but not at school. We can really make our kids' worlds fit to them... that is our job. There should certainly be reasonable accommodations at school too. So if he does not need the medications he can have a chance. Just looking at both sides which I certainly imagine you do daily.... it is such a hard and personal thing to work through. The ABBREVIATIONS ... if they are underlined, you can put your cursor on them and they will have a pop up definition. difficult child means gift from god, the way the board talks about our differently wired and/or challenging kids. There is also a list of commonly used abbreviations and I just know someone much smarter than I will know where it is, lol. [/QUOTE]
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