She is currently taking medication for ADHD and doing much better. We have started taking some breaks from the meds because of her weight. I've found that when she's off them, she is "more" of everything. This is good and bad. I love that she is more vibrant and silly. But I can tell her little body is ready to explode inside. She gets so frustrated and she can't calm herself. This makes me feel pretty good about the ADHD diagnosis, but I hear so much about how gifted kids sometimes look like they have ADHD when they don't. How do you know for sure?
I think that you know for sure - look through what you've written before you asked the question. Your dd responded positively to the ADHD meds, she reacted the way you would expect a child who has ADHD to react to the meds, they made a positive difference in her ability to function.
This too:
she has told me how much easier it is to pay attention at school and she enjoys not getting in trouble all the time.
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