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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have nothing else to do other than watch instagram reels and then come to an anonymous internet forum to start flaming about it?

People have trepidation about giving psychiatric meds to underage children, especially when they don't know how side effects will unfold in each specific case. People have it hard having to parent SN kids in this society with little to no community supports and limited acceptance of neurodiversity.

ADHD specifically is often seen as a character or parenting failure because of how it presents.  Not medicating or medicating can be judged by relatives, teachers, etc. Leave everyone be, their children, their choices, their social media feed (which is probably crafted to create outrage and increase views).  [/quote]

This. Some of these comments are not so much about compassion for kids who kids who are unmedicated for ADHD, but rather people looking to validate their own choices by pushing them on everyone else.

OP doesn't even know this person on Instagram, their kid might not even have ADHD. I distrust anyone who posts about their kid's medical issues in a public venue like that.

But if course there are good reasons someone might have concerns about meds caring their kid, especially a very young one. Until recently, standard of care was to wait until at least 6 or 7 to see if the ADHD behaviors improved on their own, since some ADHD behaviors (especially lack of impulse control) can just be signs of a less developed brain.

Many parents also have concerns about creating a dependency on stimulants at a young age. I know this gets handwaved as not a valid concern, but as someone who has been on stims for ADHD, I disagree.

I am not anti medication but this thing where we all sit around and tut tut parents of preschoolers for "refusing" to medicate them is insane. I think it reflects an increased desire for compliant, easy children, because we've made life so complicated and demanding that anything else is a nightmare.[/quote]

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