This was the cure for ADHD when I was a boy.
Sure it is.
What they call “hyperactivity” I call being a normal little boy. Very active.
Hyper compared to little girls?
Your nephew could not have been any more “hyper” than I was and they would have definitely pushed to drug the living sh*t out of me.
Your nephew had a rough time because people around him were not up to the task of coping with him, and the teachers today are clueless how to teach or handle him without the crutch of drugging the little guttersnipes up.
I once questioned my husband about our nephew when he was younger. He asked, “Have you seen him when he’s not medicated?” I had not. He said he literally could not stop moving.
I have four active boys. I know the damage they can do. One of them also has ADD tendencies. I saw tendencies because we never got him diagnosed, since we would just be working with him the same as we do now. He’s very bright and will focus on mechanical or building things, but he does have to be talked to differently so he will pay attention.
Hyper compared to little girls?
I was an ADHD naysayer, before our daughter was in first grade. My wife and I were stunned to hear that our daughter could not focus in school...she simply zoned out on tasks.
This has nothing to do with the school--she attends a private, Catholic school. Her mom and I are very much interested in her school work, and otherwise have a very stable household. Our daughter is one of the younger ones in her class, with a birthday in June.
We gave it a summer, but by second grade, we had no other choice than to try medication. Behavior "modification" techniques did not work consistently. She is now on a time-released version of an ADD drug, and it's been a godsend. It's not something we'd like to do, but we know of no other method.