I know EXACTLY what you're going through. When my son was dx at that age (he's now almost 21) I FREAKED. Like Soliaree said, in every state we've ever lived in, the school can recommend testing but it has to be done by an MD. We were very lucky. We were living out west at the time and had the good fortune of being miles from one of the top dr's in the field. For a Dx she had all school records and spend 3 hours a day with him (alone) for two weeks.

She understood our reluctance at putting our child on meds and we tried a variety of different things. Diet therapy was the most difficult, but none of it helped. We did eventually decide to put him on meds. He was placed on the smallest dosage and it made a WORLD of difference.

Even at 5 years old he realised he had to work so much harder at anything to get anything done. He remained on the meds until he was a Jr. in High School.

Good luck! You'll be surpised at how much better life is for him and the entire family once the ADHD is under control.

If you do a little research you'll find that the cloud ADHD does have a silver lining. They have the ability that allows them to do this "superfocus" thing. If he finds something that he enjoys doing there will be no stopping him! He might end up being the scientist that finds the cure for cancer!