MP> Most ADHDers do NOT outgrow it. If you read Hallowell's books, and t
MP> writings of Barkley, you'll see that it does extend to adulthood. 
MP>  
MP> The increase in the use of prescription meds for ADHD is traceable, 
MP> part, to the acknowledgement of this fact. 
MP>  
MP> What does help is that the child matures, learns coping skills, and 
MP> to handle themselves better. Counselling for child and family is ver
MP> helpful. Behavior modification programs are useful. 
MP>  
MP> All work best with medication added in.
 
Thanks for the info.  I have often wondered even about myself as I do 
have to cope with a chemical inbalance in the brain and take meds for 
it.  Possibly and probably some of the same stuff?
 
I took my son to see a new pediatrician in Ocala since we recently 
moved and I needed to transfer his scripts up here.  The doctor refused 
to write a script for him saying that he didn't believe in it and that 
in time the child would learn self control and basically grow out of 
the need for medication.  He also told me that it was only his opinion 
but that I would find  a number of pediatricians that felt the same way 
and I would also find those that felt medication was the answer.  I 
guess I was just "clinging" to the hope that perhaps he would outgrow 
it but I guess something like this doesn't just go away, it only 
becomes controled as they mature.
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