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[quote=Anonymous]It makes me sad that your child is suffering.  Mine had a medical problem that resulted in meds being contraindicated until third grade.  It was such a difficult time for my son.  When he finally went on medication, he did great for two weeks then had a reaction and he had to go off of them for a day until we could get a new medication.  He was devastated. For the first time in his life, he was successful and to lose it was more than he could bear.  He couldn't get himself out of bed to go to school, he was so depressed.  His reaction to losing the meds at the point where he could still so vividly remember the change they made for him was very eye opening about his struggles and how they effected him.

So many people talk about behavior when they dis medication.  But ADHD is way more than behavior.  My son was unable to write at all before medication and the day he started meds, he wrote eight grammatically correct sentences that contained semicolons and quotations in handwriting that was so beautiful it would have made a nun sing.  I was shocked at how much my son knew but that was locked in his brain without medication.

Anyway, due to medical issues, I was understandably nervous about meds.  What my sons doctor said was that the thing about these meds is that there are no lasting effects.  They work for a few hours and whatever benefit or reaction you get ends at that point.

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