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I have a 13yr who has ADD and CAPD. He is falling way behind in school and now doesn't even want to go. His grades are awful and honestly I don't think he cares. He refuses medicine. Which his doctor said he is old enough to make that decision. I was considering homeschooling him, but not sure if he would even try. Anyone with any advice would help.
Kennedy - I thought that supplements such as Omegas, Vitamin B complex, magnesium and zinc have shown to help ADD/ADHD. I agree that, these supplements will not eliminate the symptoms. I think that research ahs shown that these supplements help to reduce the symptoms and also reduce the amount of medicine needed, assuming the parent decides to use medication. I would appreciate your comments.
Weird, never heard that one before - and I have been on this site for 4 years. I think that a lot of the adults with ADD would be real surprised if it were true. As long as you have a prescription you are fine.
If he is formally diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, the first medication that the doctor tries is a stimulant such as Ritalin or Metadate (assuming no medical reasons to avoid the stimulant such as heart disease). Did your daughter try one of the stimulants? Stratera is not a stimulant. It usually is given to ADD children that tried the stimulant route, but the stimulant did not work. Tenex is not a stimulant either.
You slip up once and take that extra pill it can pull you in... Just remember that.Adderall and other kinds of
I have heard a lot about ADD/ADHD patients having tonsils and adenoids removed and being basically cured. My three year old was diagnosed with ADHD at two years old. We had him seen by an ENT a few months ago. His tonsils and adenoids were removed in May. He is doing much, much better in the ADHD area.
Yes, it does depend on what kind of a doctor made the decision he didn't have ADHD or ADD.. If it was just a pediatrician, I would seek out a pediatric psychologist or psychiatrist who specializes in ADD/ADHD just to rule that out. He certainly exhibits some of the signs of ADD.
Have the teacher take a look at his math test. Did he miss simple problems at the end of the test? Were his mistakes just careless mistakes? Was he missing the whole concept?
He is young for his age group.
You certainly could of had ADHD (or ADD) as a child, but because you were a girl and intelligent (and maybe because your mom also had the same problem and never dealt with it), it never got diagnosed. Now its catching up with you. It happens. Read the posts by CR-ST-NA AND 1CENTWIZ and you will understand more.
ADHD does go hand in hand with depression. Some of our adult posters have been able to deal with their ADHD and their depression got a lot better.
ll check the links you gave. When i was a kid ADD or ADHD was generally rarely heard of where I lived (in the sense that it wasn't diagnosed, although it obviously existed), be it in girls or in boys (actually I suspect my father of having it too, but obviously when he was a kid it was completely unknown).
I can cope relatively well and I realize that ADD/ADHD presents itself differently in males and females. It has never caused huge issues so I have never seen the point of paying for an appointment to tell me things I already know especially since I doubt I would be medicated if I were diagnosed.
I am just curious as to whether or not this could be considered ADD.
My son had speech delays as well as developmental delays. He was adopted, and has ADHD. Part of the speech problem was he talked around his thumb. I noticed he and his brother who is ADD mispronounced many words. I wasn't sure if this was ADD or neglect. I can see why ADD/ADHD can effect speech, because these children don't pay full attention to how things are said in order to copy them correctly. My son is now 11, and speaking fine.
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