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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I think it's because taking the meds amounts to admitting their child has actual issues and just isn't brilliant and bored and if they teacher just realized their kid's brilliance, blah, blah, blah. 
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That's not it at all.

I have others, but the major reason I am against meds for myself or my child is the SIDE EFFECTS. You do know that there are side effects to any medication you put into your body, right? In this case, potentially harmful ones, including dependency on/ addiction to the meds, but also ones that may not yet be known. As an example, I do not even take Tylenol except in extreme conditions (maybe 2 a year, for really really really bad cramps) because of likely damage to the kidneys.

Further, I do not think it is in any way beneficial to a child, especially, to send the message that you need to "take a pill" to affect your behavior or thought process. That is setting said child up for immeasurable problems as he gets older.[/quote]

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