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[quote=Anonymous]With ADHD getting diagnosed at younger and younger ages, no parent wants to put their growing child on medication if they can help it. For the parents I know with ADHD kids, popping a pill might help with focus at school, if they are lucky, but do you know what kind of lives they lead when they are not at school? Depending on the medication, the kids can "crash" later in the day and have terrible meltdowns, the children's sleep is affected, many of the kids have no urge to eat because the medication diminishes their appetite. One parent told me that there was a decent amount of renewed focus at school, but their home life became a nightmare. As for the kids still growing, you do realize that growth spurts often mean having to adjust the dose? It's an almost constant back-and-forth adjustment schedule all the time. If parents have an option of trying other things before meds, I think they need to do whatever works best for them.[/quote]
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