Originally Posted by DeeDee
I'm all for caution; but IMO the risk of under-diagnosing is about equal to that of over-diagnosing. And I don't know how hard it is to lose a diagnosis that proves to be erroneous; I suspect not as hard as trying to get services or help without a dx.

I think it depends somewhat on the diagnosis. We had and then lost an ADHD diagnosis, but it apparently will be in DD9's 504 forever, and we will forever be asked if we have any plans to medicate her for her nonexistent ADHD.