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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 95469" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>ADHD is a real diagnosis., but it's still The Flavor of the Day (bipolar is coming up the back though). Almost all of our kids are dxd. ADHD first, which is kind of scary. Stimulants are NOT for all kids--they are speed and they acted like it on my son. He could focus a little better, but, heck, college kids have been using stims to focus on exam night for years. It's not worth giving to your child simply for focus in my opinion. Hyper behavior and inattention is not always due to ADHD and children with early onset bipolar or autistic spectrum disorder/Aspergers will probably score "ADHD" on the Connors. I don't like the Connors because it assumes that ADHD is the reason for the inattentiveness and impusivity. Many other problems cause the same thing. As for schools, I think they're in love with ADHD. I have had at least three teachers plus one school nurse "suggest" medications for my son's ADHD that he doesn't have. It's not their field. They shouldn't make any diagnoses. They can recommend testing your child--then, in my opinion, I'd take the child somewhere that is not connected with the school district. We are on Medicaid (hub gets no insurance from work) and it covered a complete neuropsychologist exam. We didn't pay a dime. Don't assume your insurance won't cover it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 95469, member: 1550"] ADHD is a real diagnosis., but it's still The Flavor of the Day (bipolar is coming up the back though). Almost all of our kids are dxd. ADHD first, which is kind of scary. Stimulants are NOT for all kids--they are speed and they acted like it on my son. He could focus a little better, but, heck, college kids have been using stims to focus on exam night for years. It's not worth giving to your child simply for focus in my opinion. Hyper behavior and inattention is not always due to ADHD and children with early onset bipolar or autistic spectrum disorder/Aspergers will probably score "ADHD" on the Connors. I don't like the Connors because it assumes that ADHD is the reason for the inattentiveness and impusivity. Many other problems cause the same thing. As for schools, I think they're in love with ADHD. I have had at least three teachers plus one school nurse "suggest" medications for my son's ADHD that he doesn't have. It's not their field. They shouldn't make any diagnoses. They can recommend testing your child--then, in my opinion, I'd take the child somewhere that is not connected with the school district. We are on Medicaid (hub gets no insurance from work) and it covered a complete neuropsychologist exam. We didn't pay a dime. Don't assume your insurance won't cover it. [/QUOTE]
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