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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 572446" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>My only thinking is he seems classically and simply adhd with nothing else added in. The impulse control, the hyperactivity...and the fact that he really doesnt seem to be a bad kid. He wants to do well and please. That screams ADHD to me. I dont see him as anything else. Maybe its my personal bias. I think we all come to the table with one. I would never start him off on a long acting medication. I would do a short acting, very low dose form of ritalin or one of the other stims. Very short acting and low dose. We had excellent results with ritalin. As far as appetite, well, it may have decreased their appetites slightly but they were still good eaters and considering they got one dose in the morning and another at noon, their appetites were fine at dinner. I know they ate pretty well at school too because Jamie always traded his desserts for extra veggies. LOL. Their doctor's also sent in a note to the school saying that if they asked for extra trays they were to be allowed to have them. But then my boys were very tall kids too. They were three of the tallest kids in the school. </p><p></p><p>I have heard that supposedly stims can cause stunted growth. My kids are 6'1, 6'2, and 6'5.5". If that is stunted, well Im glad...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 572446, member: 1514"] My only thinking is he seems classically and simply adhd with nothing else added in. The impulse control, the hyperactivity...and the fact that he really doesnt seem to be a bad kid. He wants to do well and please. That screams ADHD to me. I dont see him as anything else. Maybe its my personal bias. I think we all come to the table with one. I would never start him off on a long acting medication. I would do a short acting, very low dose form of ritalin or one of the other stims. Very short acting and low dose. We had excellent results with ritalin. As far as appetite, well, it may have decreased their appetites slightly but they were still good eaters and considering they got one dose in the morning and another at noon, their appetites were fine at dinner. I know they ate pretty well at school too because Jamie always traded his desserts for extra veggies. LOL. Their doctor's also sent in a note to the school saying that if they asked for extra trays they were to be allowed to have them. But then my boys were very tall kids too. They were three of the tallest kids in the school. I have heard that supposedly stims can cause stunted growth. My kids are 6'1, 6'2, and 6'5.5". If that is stunted, well Im glad...lol. [/QUOTE]
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