<p>“I don’t want to go down this route, but should I ask doctor about ADD?”</p>
<p>My 9th grader was diagnosed with ADHD shortly after school started this year. Up until then he was able to keep up with everything. However high school requires you to pay a lot more attention than middle school. It became obvious to me that he needed help by watching him try and do his homework. It would take hours to do his math home work. He kept getting distracted by little things,losing focus and he couldn’t sit still. Have your son do his homework where you can see him. If he has ADD or ADHD I think you will be able to tell that something isn’t right.
Now that he is on meds it’s a total different experience. While he doesn’t like doing homework or studying. He can get it done in a reasonable amount of time. However if your son doesn’t have ADD then the meds will not help and could actually be harmful. </p>