new to board - started eval process

Good luck--the eval process is a tough one! Um, no, not everyone will *ever* "get" the behavioral therapy, since there are still plenty of very, very annoying people who think that ADHD is a made-up disease where we just have to discipline the child more. They are idiots, but do exist.

Medication--if the meds change your child in a dramatic negative way, then that med is NOT right for your kid (Oh, OK, skipping some of the rebounding type effects that do wear off in the first month or so). Seriously, I was *terrified* to medicate my kid back when, that it would change him, make him less himself. They really, truly don't. They make him MORE himself, more capable, more interested in the world, they make his life easier for him & the people around him so he gets to have more fun, can handle school & its demands better. Obviously, you won't be medicating for awhile--you need to finish getting the diagnosis & all...but for me, the way I talked myself into it originally was that we could always just STOP if it were bad. It's not a decision you're making for the rest of the child's life, it's a decision you're making for a couple weeks or months. That made it easier for me to try.

Any other questions? It IS hard to deal with the whole process!