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[quote=Anonymous]Also, one thing that really helped me is our therapist said we have to consider the side effects from NOT trying medication. The side effects to our child's sense of self, sense of self efficacy and ability to have strong relationships, get his work done etc. There are side effects to medication and it should be taken seriously, but there are also SERIOUS side effects to not medicating when a child really needs it. Really encourage thinking about the impact of how your child sees themselves. Feeling a constant sense of failure is absolutely not good for mental or physical health and can have really long term effects. Frankly much more long term effects than being a small girl (which generally is fairly widely accepted and even preferred by some, that sounds harsh and kind of terrible but just realistically).

One last thing, please consider reading the research on the growth issues with medication. When I really delved into it, the meta analyses seemed to show that when kids did have growth impacts it was a quarter inch less than control groups. A quarter inch!!! When I saw that I was like oh wow, do I want my kid to feel like crap so he can be a QUARTER OF AN INCH taller??? Absolutely not. This is not to discount that some people whose kids diets are already really limited for a variety of reasons can struggle with this in bigger ways, I know that is true but if you haven't tried it I think it is worth considering.[/quote]

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