Jessica McCabe- thanks her mom for drugging her

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Anonymous wrote:In this often tough IEP season, I thought it might encourage others to see this video.

http://www.upworthy.com/jessica-mccabe-has-adhd-her-message-to-her-mom-is-tearful-and-moving?c=reccon3

I know many of us with kids who have ADHD have faced these challenges to get our kids help.

MY DD loves her videos she has been watching her for months.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a grown up who was medicated as a child. I personally think it was criminal that I was medicated - frankly I think it was the turmoil in my house that made it difficult to concentrate not a medical issue. But they diagnosed me with ADHD and as a result, I can barely remember my childhood at all. My memories only really begin when I quit taking it as a young adult.

Funny, it's supposed to be genetic but my kids concentrate just fine.

My husband feels the exact same way. He said it completely altered his personality and feels that giving a child such strong stimulants on a daily basis is very wrong; he really resents his parents for it

I wonder if the medication was different back in the 80's. I dated someone who was on Ritalin in the 80's and he said he would never do that to his child, he was like a zombie. However, my 11 year old daughter is on Concerta and I haven't seen any changes in her personality at all. I ask her all the time if it makes her feel out of it and she says the only difference she notices is that she can concentrate better.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a grown up who was medicated as a child. I personally think it was criminal that I was medicated - frankly I think it was the turmoil in my house that made it difficult to concentrate not a medical issue. But they diagnosed me with ADHD and as a result, I can barely remember my childhood at all. My memories only really begin when I quit taking it as a young adult.

Funny, it's supposed to be genetic but my kids concentrate just fine.

My husband feels the exact same way. He said it completely altered his personality and feels that giving a child such strong stimulants on a daily basis is very wrong; he really resents his parents for it

I wonder if the medication was different back in the 80's. I dated someone who was on Ritalin in the 80's and he said he would never do that to his child, he was like a zombie. However, my 11 year old daughter is on Concerta and I haven't seen any changes in her personality at all. I ask her all the time if it makes her feel out of it and she says the only difference she notices is that she can concentrate better.

Medication was not different, but doctors' knowledge has improved. If he was a zombie on medication, it means he was given too much, and they should have reduced the dosage. I don't think doctors and parents were as aware of this back in the 80s. More likely parents just accepted a zombie over an off-the-wall kid, or just stopped the medication and lived with the results.