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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ds took med for four years before. He always hated how they made him feel. He was skinny etc. He hated it.

He refuses to take them, we just saw the developmental ped and he talked to ds all about medication and how ds should start back in them. He gave us a prescription. The NEXT day ds tried pot.

He even found an online forum that made him believe that adhd med change your brain permanently.
He is seeing a psychologist too.

I can't force meds on him. He will be an adult in 2.5 years, then what?[/quote]

No, you can't force him, but meds are an ongoing conversation.  Ask him to share the information with you that he found.  Educate him about reliable and unreliable sources.  Do more research on meds together.  His concerns about "hating the way it makes him feel" are legitimate, but the best way to deal with that is an ongoing conversation with the doctor who treats your DS like an equal partner in treatment.  There are many ways to manage meds rather than just a simple ON/OFF decision.  Maybe one med makes DS feel bad, but another might not.  Or maybe the particular "bad" side effects are ones that are likely to diminish overtime, or maybe a psychiatrist can help make a more complex analysis of the decision by contrasting the way DS feels on the med with how he is able to participate in activities differently and accomplish more (if that is the case).  Journaling feelings and behavior over time can create real documentation upon which to base medical decisions.

BTW, a developmental pediatrician, IMO, isn't really the kind of person I would want prescribing ADHD meds in a complex case (which is what I would call a case where the patient is treatment-resistant).  I would really look for a good psychiatrist who can work intensively on medication management and a good therapist who can work on education about ADHD, and cognitive behavioral therapy surrounding the issue of illness/disorder and decision-making and providing organizational/executive function supports and habits.  Ongoing work with a therapist can help re-frame ADHD from an illness/disorder that is somehow a failure to a chronic illness like any other illness (diabetes, heart problems, whatever) that needs medication and behavioral changes over the long term for optimal health). [/quote]

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