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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 438513" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Malika - </p><p></p><p>Even here (Canada), they don't like to diagnosis before age 6. We had to fight tooth-and-nail to get k2 a diagnosis at age 5.5... and medications to go with it. She had 2 years of preschool, with NO issues. But one week into Kindergarten, and the teacher was pulling her (teacher's) hair out... this "perfect little angel" was getting absolutely nothing done! (too much distraction - her attention was all absorbed in the rest of the world...)</p><p></p><p>But this was K2... so we already had some experience - with medications, with specialists, and some "off-the-record" advice... so, that's how we knew about trying the caffeine trick... its what kept her going for the first 6 months of school, until we could get medications. If caffeine had made her hyper (as it does for most kids), then we might not have started a stimulant so soon. Caffeine made her day go better - she got tea with lunch, as her class was in the afternoon - the teacher moved any "focus" work to the first hour of class, and she did OK. But medications had fewer side-effects, for her. (caffeine is dehydrating, for one, and can cause constipation, and has a 2-hour effective window with severe rebound effect...)</p><p></p><p>They told us that, one reason the specialists like to delay diagnosis to age 6, is that they need the teacher feedback both to do the diagnosis, and to get the medications adjusted correctly. We had enough feedback from the Kindergarten teacher, and the backing of the school's resource teacher - plus, we'd been through it before and the specialist team knew us.</p><p></p><p>We were less anti-medications, because I got my diagnosis a couple years ahead of the kids - just couldn't hold it all together any more. medications aren't perfect - but I know what they do, and can manage my own dosage schedule, and it makes life go better for all of us. It helps that I'm on the same chemical compound as the kids - just different delivery mechanisms - I know what it does and how it works and what it can't do... but not every parent has that option!!</p><p></p><p>(or maybe you're ADHD too?????? just joking!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 438513, member: 11791"] Malika - Even here (Canada), they don't like to diagnosis before age 6. We had to fight tooth-and-nail to get k2 a diagnosis at age 5.5... and medications to go with it. She had 2 years of preschool, with NO issues. But one week into Kindergarten, and the teacher was pulling her (teacher's) hair out... this "perfect little angel" was getting absolutely nothing done! (too much distraction - her attention was all absorbed in the rest of the world...) But this was K2... so we already had some experience - with medications, with specialists, and some "off-the-record" advice... so, that's how we knew about trying the caffeine trick... its what kept her going for the first 6 months of school, until we could get medications. If caffeine had made her hyper (as it does for most kids), then we might not have started a stimulant so soon. Caffeine made her day go better - she got tea with lunch, as her class was in the afternoon - the teacher moved any "focus" work to the first hour of class, and she did OK. But medications had fewer side-effects, for her. (caffeine is dehydrating, for one, and can cause constipation, and has a 2-hour effective window with severe rebound effect...) They told us that, one reason the specialists like to delay diagnosis to age 6, is that they need the teacher feedback both to do the diagnosis, and to get the medications adjusted correctly. We had enough feedback from the Kindergarten teacher, and the backing of the school's resource teacher - plus, we'd been through it before and the specialist team knew us. We were less anti-medications, because I got my diagnosis a couple years ahead of the kids - just couldn't hold it all together any more. medications aren't perfect - but I know what they do, and can manage my own dosage schedule, and it makes life go better for all of us. It helps that I'm on the same chemical compound as the kids - just different delivery mechanisms - I know what it does and how it works and what it can't do... but not every parent has that option!! (or maybe you're ADHD too?????? just joking!) [/QUOTE]
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