But would it do anything positive? This wasn't the best environment to test in, since school was really the problem, but I did notice that he seemed calmer than usual. I asked him to do some learning games on the computer. Half an hour later, he was still at it. Normally he starts whining after twenty minutes, tops. "Do you want to do something else?" I asked him. "No, I think I'll do this a little longer," he said. He ended up working on his math and reading for an hour and a half. On the weekend.

I've been giving him the medication every school morning, although I make it clear to him that it's his choice whether he wants to take it or not. So far, he seems to be getting many fewer yellow lights, and no orange. Of course, this is self-reporting, but I've found him to be honest about this issue in the past.

So I'm happy to say that I was wrong. It appears that Lawrence does have ADHD, and he can be helped by medication. We'll see how things go over the next couple of months. I'm guardedly hopeful.