Bec,

I felt the same way about my oldest. She was diagnosed with ADHD the summer after 3rd grade. Her pediatrician pushed for meds. We made a deal that we would have her take them meds for one year, twice a day (mornings and lunch time for school only), weekends off and then the summer off and reevaluation before the next school year would start.

I've known some people who's kids have had a really good reaction to the meds and it truly helped them. With mine, it didn't make that much difference. But we wouldn't have known that unless we tried it. I've found that teachers make more of a difference than just about anything in the classroom.

Talk to Matt after he's been on them for a while. See if it's helping his concentration or his school work. He and his teacher are really going to be the ones to know if there's a difference.

If it doesn't work, it's still your choice as him mom to take him off of the meds.

Lisa