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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 82555" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Lynn33...</p><p></p><p>You have received some good advice already. What I want to do is give you some hope.</p><p></p><p>I am the parent of grown kids. My middle son was a purely ADHD boy. He didnt have the behavior problems that would give him any defiant diagnosis. He got into normal kid trouble but what kid doesnt? </p><p></p><p>My ADHD son was on medication (ritalin) from the age of 4 through 14 so he could manage school. Without it he simply couldnt focus or sit still in a classroom setting. He was miserable without it. He thought being in a class was torture for his poor hyperactive body.</p><p></p><p>He had dreams of joining the US Marine Corps from the time he was 8 years old however, he knew that to do that he would have to go off his medications when he entered high school. He did just that. He learned to manage his ADHD symptoms with exercise and willpower.</p><p></p><p>He ran 3 miles before school to get the wiggles out and then joined the track team.</p><p></p><p>He joined the US Marines in 2003 as a Military Policeman and successfully completed one tour of duty and was Honorably Discharged in 2007. He is now a Animal Control Officer with the Deputy Sheriffs office in upper Virginia. He loves it. He is happy and has a fiance and new baby. </p><p></p><p>I would say this is a successful outcome for a very ADHD kid who was medicated when he was little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 82555, member: 1514"] Lynn33... You have received some good advice already. What I want to do is give you some hope. I am the parent of grown kids. My middle son was a purely ADHD boy. He didnt have the behavior problems that would give him any defiant diagnosis. He got into normal kid trouble but what kid doesnt? My ADHD son was on medication (ritalin) from the age of 4 through 14 so he could manage school. Without it he simply couldnt focus or sit still in a classroom setting. He was miserable without it. He thought being in a class was torture for his poor hyperactive body. He had dreams of joining the US Marine Corps from the time he was 8 years old however, he knew that to do that he would have to go off his medications when he entered high school. He did just that. He learned to manage his ADHD symptoms with exercise and willpower. He ran 3 miles before school to get the wiggles out and then joined the track team. He joined the US Marines in 2003 as a Military Policeman and successfully completed one tour of duty and was Honorably Discharged in 2007. He is now a Animal Control Officer with the Deputy Sheriffs office in upper Virginia. He loves it. He is happy and has a fiance and new baby. I would say this is a successful outcome for a very ADHD kid who was medicated when he was little. [/QUOTE]
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