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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an educator who has had a lot of conversations over the years with parents of confirmed or suspected ADHD children about medicating versus not. In the no medication camp I’ve heard a lot of concerns about side effects and over-medicalization of “normal” behavior. Few folks seem to mention the possible effects of not medicating ADHD. I’ve also talked to a lot of parents who see their own behavior in their kids. If the parent was unmedicated for ADHD, they often believe their kid can also make it through “just fine.” Also, some folks just don’t believe that ADHD is real. They’ll debate you on the whole premise of the disorder. They see it as natural behavior, especially amongst boys. They may also refer to labels for this and other challenges as a “crutch.”[/quote]

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I’m a psychologist and one of the main reasons I also hear is concern about the side effects of the medication.

Many families try meds for their child any then stop because their kid “lost his appetite and stopped eating” or they didn’t like his “ blunted personality” on the medication. [/quote]

Are you suggesting those aren't valid reasons for stopping drugs? They are.[/quote]

I’m not questioning the validity of their reasons. I’m just adding to the PP’s list of common reasons parents choose not to medicate their child with ADHD.

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Well the PP was the overtly questioning the validity of the reasons parents gave for not medicating, so it sounds like you actually are questioning their validity, especially when you put them in scare quotes.

And it's attitudes like this, btw, that makes parents wary of medicating their kids, because when teachers and psychologists treat even valid concerns as just unreasonable excuses, and push and push to medicate these kids without any willingness to try other options first, it makes you suspicious of the whole system.[/quote]

Look, I’m sorry for the confusion I was just agreeing with PP that those are some reasons  parents choose on to medicate their children. And I added a few more to the list.

I have heard many parents say the things I mentioned and the things that the educator brought up in her post. That’s it.

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