I think kids need to have plenty of exercise... However, my son plays private club soccer.. 2 hour practices three times a week, he is in taekwondo, and sings in the choir. If we didn't medicate him he still would never sleep. He requires no sleep. Even as a four month old infant he took TWO 20 MINUTE naps a day!!!! It was crazy.
And to the person who thought I called him/her a liar. I apologize. It was not my intention. I just think until people have walked a mile in our shoes, you can't judge.
Ours was like that. Went to sleep around midnight and woke up at 5 am saying, "Play? play?" Never took naps until he was in high school. In the summer we put him outside and he played in the sandbox all day long. When he could ride a bike he went up and down the street for ages. It was wild. The physical action went away in early grades. He would read a 300 page book in a couple hours. Then he couldn't add a simple column of numbers no matter what we did. First day on Ritalin and he became a math wiz. The teacher didn't know he was on it and was very surprised.
Some of these folks who swear they will never admit to the existence of ADD are so sad it is funny. They don't have a clue. Thanks for your story. I've got a lot more experience with ADD and I could tell a few more heartwarming stories, but I don't want to do it here.