ADHD??

After Connor's 3rd trip to visit the principal, I decided that perhaps we needed to get a better handle on my son's behavior at school. It has been brought to my attention that maybe he's not "within the normal range" as far as his energy and activity levels are concerned.

So I made an appointment with his pediatrician.

Dr. Wilson is awesome, and we trust him very, very much. He listened to the stories and issues that Caleb and I brought up and then he did a preliminary screening which consisted of asking us a series of questions. Enough of our questions were answered with yes (Does your child have a difficult time staying seated at dinner? YES!!! Does your child have a difficult time completing tasks in a timely manner? YES, YES, YES!!!), that the good doctor requested that we have Connor's teacher fill out a more in-depth evaluation form.

And so she did.

The diagnostician in my school was kind enough to run the report, which came back with a 98% probability that my sweet little guy has a case of the ADHD. I got to see his teacher's answers as well as this report. And, as any good mother would do, I thought, "That's not true!" So I asked the same diagnostician to let me fill out the parent version of this evaluation (even though the doctor had not requested this one). She ran my evaluation, and mine came back with a 99% probability that he has ADHD (and possibly some other issues that go hand-in-hand).

Now we go back to the doctor on Wednesday with these results. It looks like there's a strong chance that he will be put on a very low dose of ADHD meds.

I'm still not sure what I think of this. I'm of two minds. Part of me thinks it would solve a lot of issues for him and keep him from getting bored and in trouble. And it will help him maintain his friendships. But the other part of me, the teacher part of me, thinks kindergarten is just too young to be putting kids on these types of medications. So, I have a lot of researching to do in the next few days. I've spoken with a ton of people who land on both sides of this issue, and they've made some great points for both cases.

Sometimes being a parent is so tough.