ADD

I am crazy nervous today. Aside from having finals this week, Alex's teacher stopped me last week and voiced some concerns about Alex's ability to concentrate. She informed me that she was going to have a school psychiatrist shadow him to see if she observes any concentration problems.

ADD does run on Alex's paternal side and I've been somewhat prepared for this day knowing that the chance of Alex inheriting similar problems were high, but unprepared emotionally. Alex has a few uncles and cousins who have ADD, but are not medicated and believe me, the Holidays are eventful on that side of the family. I hate the thought of Alex being on medication, but I hate the thought of him having any additional obstacles when it comes to learning even worse than I hate the thought of medication. He is doing well in school, but his teacher remarked that school will only become more difficult and if ADD is a problem, it's best to address it now.

So this morning I received an email from his teacher saying that she's received a report from the school psychiatrist and she would like to review it with me. I told her that I would be in to talk to her later today since I have the afternoon off from work (my dad is having some medical test done and I have a final tonight) and plus, I'll just sit and fret about these results if I don't find out what they are today. I wish that I had someone to just tell me what is the right thing to do. A magic ball that I can look inside to find answers and have all of my anxieties erased.