unmedicated ADHD?

I'm sorry you believe that way but you also do not know what my son has had to endure in way of a diagnosis. He has been evaluated by many doctors, not just his primary care doctor. After his primary doctor began to lean towards ADHD, she forwarded us on to a psychiatrist, who, after several sessions with my son, forwarded us on to a specialist. Now we are under the care of the specialist who is working in conjunction with his primary care doctor to find the best solution that works for us. We do not believe in medicating ALL children. That is our opinion. You are entitled to your own but many of the children that I have seen who are on medication turn into zombies or spend the next 10 years trying to find the right dosage, play the "on meds, off meds" routine depending on whether they are in school or on vacation, look like twigs because the medication makes them lose their appetite (which would be devastating for my son because he is already naturally slender), or never really get a correct "fit" with medication. So, no, I would prefer that my child NOT be on medication. I'll take the more time consuming and frustrating behavior modification and fish oil over the "easy fix" of medication. Besides, this was a post asking for coping strategies not whether medication should be prescribed at all.