Hi, I am totally new with this topic. My son age 6 was diagnosed with ADHD and put on Focalin. He is in first grade, and being having a lot of behavior problems since he started school. He is very impulsive and defiant. This is being like a roaller coaster for me. I have tried everything with him (play therapy, 1,2,3, taking away important things for him, etc. ) The past 3 weeks he is being behaving much better in school. I haven't start the medication yet, I want to wait if his behavior keeps progressing without the need of med. I am really scare about giving him medication. I am working with the school to see if he needs special need classes, we have the first meeting with the schoold district in 15 days. I do not know what to do, I had planned to move back to my native country where his father is living at the moment but do not know what the school district might think if I take him out of the school a this moment. But it is for his own sake, I know he miss his dad, and this is a really hard situation for me to handle by myself with two kids. Maybe a change in environment might help him out. Please send me any advice you might have, I really need it. I do not know what to do.

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