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[quote=Anonymous]I'm going to echo what the immediate PP said. We also did all the research and found unsatisfactory answers -- basically exactly as laid out by the above PP. We also decided to medicate because didn't really have a choice if we wanted DS to attend school. But we also do breaks as often as we can. One of the reasons I am skeptical of the blanket statements "there are no long term side effects associated with stimulants" is because another frequently cited statement about stimulants (that they are out of your system within 24 hours and therefore have zero effects on you after 24 hours) is patently false in our case. I understand this statement is based on the molecular science (that, after 24 hours there are no traces of the medication in the body). But I don't believe anyone has ever done a broad study to determine whether there are lingering impacts on the body or brain after the drug is gone. In our case, DS is a bit more hyper the next day or two, and on day 3 and 4 after stopping stimulants he is out of control hyper. Starting on day 5, he starts to get slightly better -- but it takes until at least day 10 to fully come down. Others on this site have cited similar experiences. I have found a couple journal articles discussing one or two patients with this effect. And zero articles doing a broad scale study of this question. But thousands of sources citing the fact that, since the medicine is out of your system within 24 hours, there are zero effects after 24 hours. So to believe that there are zero impacts on taking a medication long term.... it seems naive. Even just taking a pill every day long term has an impact on your liver. [/quote]
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