I am a new ADHD parent.
My 5 year old son is having a lot of trouble in school. His pediatrician said he has ADHD. He prescribed him medication. The doctor said it could take up to a week for his little body to regulate the medicine. Side effects were sleeping, moodiness, stomach problems, headaches, to name a few. I told the school ahead of time, and they said they were on board. But the first day of school, I dropped him off at before school care. He was really moody. They walked him over to his class, his teacher laid him down on a bean bag chair, and he fell asleep. An hour later the school called me and said I needed to pick him up, “we are not equipped to handle a sleeping child. You can bring him home, and bring him back when he wakes up. In fact, maybe it’s better that you just keep him home for awhile.” As a single parent who works 35 miles away from home, all of their suggestions were not an option. And, by the way, they have a full time nurse with an office where I am pretty sure he could have rested until he was ready to go back to school. As a result, I have stopped the medication, and now they complain daily about his behavior.
Any suggestions???
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