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Diagnose and medicate - since getting through school absolutely requires it and failing school might bring with it other bad things for a kid when it comes to which people they hang out with etc.
/father of ADHD school kid
Thanks, after reading all the replies I feel getting an official diagnosis is the first step. Giving your kid all the support and tools the second and medicate the third. I'll have to talk to my wife as she is not a fan of getting the diagnosis and giving him the ADHD label (it's weird as she has it but only was diagnosed in her 30s).
Sometimes kids "grow out" of their ADHD in puberty, and even if not, if they feel they can handle things when they get older they can have the diagnosis removed again.
But at least here (Sweden) going through school with ADHD without medication is very difficult.
They don't "grow" out of it. That is an outdated belief
They just "cope", or "pass" as normal better.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/does-adhd-go-away#can-it-go-away
Thanks, my wife is a psychologist specialized in ADHD and autism.