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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve posted a couple times in this thread but it has gotten so nasty. FYI, we decided not to medicate our child based on some of the same research listed above. However, we also based our decision on our own individual child and the severity of his symptoms. We weighed everything and decided to take a different path from medication. That decision has worked well so far.

HOWEVER, who am I to say that another family should make the same decision we made? It’s none of my business. More power to the parents who chose medication for their child if they see that it is helping, even in the short term. I have plenty of friends who have chosen to medicate their children and I don’t judge them and hope that they do not judge me for not medicating. Really, I try to never discuss it since the emotions are so raw on this issue. We are ALL struggling with doing what is best for our children. Do we really need to bash each other to justify our own decisions?

So please, let’s all stop being so nasty. (I can always dream, right?)

To those of you medicating: please stop claiming that those that don’t use medication are “selfish” and making their children “suffer”.

To those not medicating: please stop claiming that those using “drugs” are uniformed and are surely ruining their children’s brains. 
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