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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article is for an anti-med crowd who wants to send their kids to healing farms like RFK Jr. All part of a campaign to get rid of supports for ND kids[/quote]

That’s not how I took it at all. We have been on a three year long journey of trying different medications, some have helped and some have been catastrophic. (we have definitely seen signs of psychosis and mania in our 10-year-old from meds)
But we are still pro medication because we can see the benefits that it helps his self-esteem and social/emotional well, yet we also are hopeful that our son will outgrow a lot of his impulsive behaviors, and he can eventually be off medication. This article is not anti medication. It is simply highlighting the possible downsides of ONLY medicating and lack of research there is to find the root cause of ADHD. Our country likes to slap a diagnosis and a prescription slip onto any childhood behavioral problem because they are not deemed worthy of being a serious enough problem. [/quote]

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