I hate to dispute you, because you sound so absolute, but I think they generally want to eliminate the other possible causes of an underaroused pre-frontal cortext.
At least before they determine you just have an organic problem and that you need permanent speed
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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
That's a myth. If a child truly has ADD, doing any of the above will not effectively control it. The problem is that there are other medical problems (as MysticCat81 pointed out) that have similar symptoms.
In my opinion, using anyone other than a specialist to diagnose ADD is irresponsible. Its just as bad to medicate a child who does not have ADD with that type of medication, as it is to let a true case of ADD go untreated.
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