A lot of people w/ ADHD also have anxiety and depression. I'm not a doctor so if she/he has a valid reason for not wanting to medicate the ADHD at this point, then go w/ whatever he/she says.
Psych. stated DD is doing well in school so ADHD meds were not going to bring a higher reward there. She thought addressing the depression would be more fruitful.
What if the ADHD is contributing to the depression. My experience is depression is hard to treat. Maybe the ADHD would respond to relatively minor doses of meds and will ease the depression. Maybe not too.
Yes, that's what I was trying to say. ADHD affects functioning in life besides school. I would be more worried about anti-depressants than meds for ADHD, in terms of safety concerns and how fast you would see a difference (with stimulants you can tell right away, assuming the dose isn't too small), but that's just me.
