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[quote=Anonymous]Do you have a really good psychiatrist to talk this through with? We struggled with this too, not the diagnosis (which was incredibly obvious because of hyperactive behavior) but because there was no academic impact and my child was young when diagnosed. It took months to get in so we collected more data and by the time we talked to the psychiatrist we felt very good about trying a nonstimulant. Our psychiatrist seems to take stimulants pretty seriously (and my child has other diet factors that would make any appetite suppressant effects more serious) and we felt very good about this. It has turned out clonidine is enough to help out with the social effects we were observing and also helps with sleep. I really trust our psychiatrist and have been happy to have him to lean on. Our pediatrician was much more ready to try stimulants but also seemed resigned that parents would ask for whatever they wanted and didn’t want to fight about it. [/quote]
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