My dd was diagnosed wit ADHD at 21 yo and suffered through K-12 and college with the burdens of un-medicated ADHD -which were diagnosed as CAPD and dysgraphia--on meds all of the LD's disappear.All of the OE's disappear. It's not about the academics it's about a quality of life.
My DD was also doing GREAT when the meds were working including turning in some written work on time and participating in class discussions, but she was at what our doc said was the maximum dose she would prescribe, and it quit working after only 3 months! (she was at 30mg Ritalin XR in the am and 20mg in the afternoon).
I am going to take her to a Psychiatrist now to see what they think, I am fearful of health implications of upping the dose if she was already at a very high dose and it didn't last that long.
I have decided to bite the bullet and pay for Neurofeedback therapy in addition to Counseling/CBT and meds - I am hopeful that the Psych can find a reasonable dose to get DD motivated and then with the therapy maybe she may be able to reduce the meds (according to the Neurotherapist, patients with ADHD require reduced meds or no meds after therapy). Here's hoping DD is one of the 75% that this is effective for!
