faerie,

I totally agree with you and crying while reading your post. My 9 yr old was just diagnosed with ADD. She just couldn't focus. It took two tests, one at school and one at the pediatrician for her to be diagnosed. She just started taking adderall this week and I can already tell she is focused now and this is only the beginning. Before she was prescribed the medicine, I had family members yelling at me and hanging up in my face saying that prayer is the answer not drugs. Well I was going to do what was best for my child's need b/c it is very hard to hear your child say she can never do anything right and that she is a failure. I can tell she is happy now. Big in 2 days, she is miss popular at school now. WOW! The doctor told me to call them next week to see if the dosage needed to be increased. I think we should take this process slowly and not let it take over her body to quickly. We will just see.