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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I know this is very difficult for you, and I am trying to sympathize.  That said, the tone of your post really struck me the wrong way.

[b]You have cast this decision in a way that suggests that medication is a horrible thing to do to a kid with ADHD, and that you are such a great parent because you have gone to the ends of the earth to help your kid, but finally, finally, have no alternative other than the dreaded medication.  [/b]That’s extraordinarily offensive to the many, many people who *have* medicated their kids (many to great effect, I might add), without all the angst and garment rending you display here.  You are judging yourself for medicating him - well, I’m judging you for allowing a kid who obviously desperately needs help, a kid who, in your own words, is violent, lying, has no self-control, is irritable, threatening teachers, stealing, etc. to continue so long *without* medication.  You can take your holier-than-thou attitude and stick it.

I sincerely hope the medication helps your son, and that you ponder how much better off he, and your entire family, would have been if you’d started him on it earlier.  Jerk.  
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OP, I don't think you are jerk but I do agree with the bolded.  You are, perhaps inadvertently, casting a lot of judgment on parents who medicate without letting their kid spiral into such self-destruction first.  It's medication.  [b]Would you have a parent let a kid suffer through a bad bout of pneumonia or the flu without medication, unless it's the very last resort?[/b]  Do we need to wait until the kid is almost dead?  [/quote]

This line comes up over and over again on this pro-medication forum.  I wouldn't give my kid Tamiflu, no.  And ADHD and insulin-dependent diabetes are not equivalent.  [/quote]

OP here. Medicating a child long term should be a decision that’s not taken lightly. I don’t judge other people who carefully consider  all the risks and benefits of medication for their child. I work in a line of work that centers around drug safety. So that had been a lot of my hesitation. I realize my initial post may be insensitive to parents who made this decision already. But I just hadn’t yet. And this is my thought process. Personally I think drugs should always be a last resort. Sometimes they can be avoided. I know others take different approaches and so be it. Everyone can do what they feel is right for them and their family.[/quote]

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