Sleepy and Rob b thanks for the response. I totally agree with both of you on this. We got in a bit of a fight last night about it. I told my wife not to give her anything untill I do some research on this. The thing is if she, daughter, was just going absulutly nuts all the time, like not able to carry on a conversation, not able to sit at the table and do her homework, have failing grades and have her teachers ask us for a parent teacher conference to discuss her lack of concentraition at school I could understan maybe checking into this. But she does not do any of that. Yes she does get hyper from time to time, and yes we will tell her to calm down and she just keeps on going, but to me thats more of a 14 year old hormone going crazy not sure what in the hell is going on with her body type of teenage girl. One thing I did read on the net was when a doctor examines a patient for this "disorder" they need to take into account any kind of changes in the patients daily routine or any changes in their lifestyle. Exampe was, divorce parents, new school, ext ext, All the deciding factors that it laid out that the doctor needs to be aware of my daughter has gone or is going through. Exept the divorce parent situation. Still married. I do not believe for a minute that a 3 page questionair and a 20 minute interview can provide enough information for a diagnoses. My wife tells me I am in dinial. I dont believe that, I just dont believe that ADHD is all that real and IF it is, there are way to many children diagnosed with it.
Rob,, as far as the amount she is taking, I have no idea I did not look at the bottle. I told my wife and daughter no more medication untill I have a chance to study about this. I do know that the doctor prescribed Adderall. She is about 115 pounds and is going through puberty.
Dont get me wrong, I know my wife is doing what she feels is best. I just think she is overeacting to a teenage girl is all. Thanks again guys.
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