Well I was medicated and in general ed. Then I switched to special Ed and was able to be off medication. I wish I had gone to special Ed a lot sooner, I might have avoided that stay in residential.

To be honest I think special Ed is really not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Of course everyone wants their kid to be "normal" but some kids really succeed out of the mainstream. I needed a smaller class size to combat my anxiety. There are kids in my school (that I teach at - behavioral school) that honestly enjoy being there because they don't have to struggle as much anymore.