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i am a dicorced father of a 7 year old boy. he lives 1800 mi away. my ex wife is considering putting him on meds. i spend a lot of time with him and speak to him nightly. last year in kindergarten his teacher could not allocate the time to teach him some basic skills and put him at a table by himself. he was messy, pens, pencils and work spread into others "space". difficulty listening and talking. now in first grade, he is getting at least one "yellow" day a week and is not always listening and talks as well as leaves pencils and paper strewn below his desk. once again, she states she can't allocate enough time to correct his restless behaviour. she does state he has made progress in 4 weeks. he does have an active mind, sometimes can't concentrate and follow directions at home with his mother. he is hi energy. he does not get regular structrued exercise. he did take a 10 or 20 question test last year and scored high on symptoms, primary care said sure, lets try some drugs. my ex then took him to a psychologist, he said sure we can try drugs, but first lets try a more structured behaviorally based exercise. those tactics were not implemented. i know it is tough on my ex and she would like him to just settle down. SO...when do you go to the drugs, what's the metric. what behaviour supports drug therapy. is my fear of this quick fix unfounded. what are our options, how can we believe this drug approach is the right answer. both sides of the family have addictive histories and putting him on a controlled subatnce, amphetamines, really scares me. please help. thx jeff ↓
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