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Wow. Your son sounds just like me, except I was in school in the 70's before all of this medication stuff started. To this day I am unorganized and forgetful, but PDA's are really wonderful things. I am also considered one of the best at what I do in a very large company . The very things that make me unorganized and forgetful are what me highly creative AND logical (a rare combination, I'm told). Which brings me to an interesting story. Shortly after I turned 30, I started having "panic attacks". They were intense and they were real. My doctor heard my story and immediately prescribed antidepressants. No physical, no trip to a mental health professional, just "take this pill, it'll be all right". I took them for years, with the usual side effects. Well, a few years ago, my forgetfulness caused me to forget to renew my prescription: I went a couple of weeks without taking the meds. When I finally realized what was going on, I was amazed that there had been no panic attacks. I went back on the meds, but the bug had been put in my ear, so I created a plan to get off. I dramatically changed my diet, started working out like a 20 year old, and taught myself to turn all of my fears over to God. It worked! I've been off the meds for 2 years now, I've have several major upheavals in my life, and still no panic attacks I tell this story because it's another example of laziness on the part of "professionals" - I know I'm not the only one who's been misdiagnosed. It should be criminal when they do it to kids.

Wow. Your son sounds just like me, except I was in school in the 70's before all of this medication stuff started.

When we went through all of this with my son, I realized how many of the same "symptoms" I had. I talked it over with the Dr. who said we could treat it, or if I was comfortable with how I'd learned to deal with it, then I could just live with it. (which is essentially how we're now dealing with things for our son) There are days I wonder if that's the right thing. But in my 40s I don't want to start any drugs I don't have to. I'm also learning more about nutrition as I deal with my own weight problems and with arthritis. The wife and I are looking closely at all of those things at home also.