[Hog1]

Well, when my son was a wee tot, he was a....little on the focused challenged side. Not debilitating.....but could be a pain in the ass. AND when he started school, that was a new challenge as well as the focus probs became more serious. We did the usual things as parents are want to do. The Doc wanted to put him on whatever the latest and greatest ADHD cure all was at the time. The school was pressuring us as well. Against my better judgement, we tried it. What the Hell did we know....
It changed him.....altered his personality....doped him up a bit.
As I commenced to study on the issue a bit more, I made my mind up that NO KID needs to be on this shit UNLESS NO other alternative exists.
We met with vitamin people....nutrition people...and others. We tried many things but with no real progress. I just could not see chaining him to a Long Term drug as strong as that...just cannot be good.
To make a long story a little shorter.....we found with exercize and diet changes, he was......normal. Specifically, no refined sugar and no soft drinks.
It was an uphill battle at first as Everyone seemed to want him on meds. The school didn't give a shit about him. They just wanted a "no trouble" child...sad.
He's in his second year of college. Plays Varsity sports, etc.
Moral..don't hesitate to tell school admin and Docs to go F... themselves...