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[quote=Anonymous]As an a person who wasn't diagnosed until adulthood with anxiety and ADD (because it simply wasn't on the radar when I was in younger), I realize how much meds have helped me. However, now seeing my son going through almost exactly the same issues I had when younger, I realize how much I want to try everything else TOO for him...diet, vigorous exercise, meditation/CBT/mindfulness...everything I discovered much later after learning negative/destructive coping patterns throughout childhood/young adulthood. I would never advise anyone against medication....ever. I have tried to go without meds, and I can't keep up. But I feel that there are other things that I do that also help me as well. I don't say medicate or don't. I would just not recommend medicating in isolation -- not that most parents do that -- but the other strategies are equally as important.[/quote]
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