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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The defensiveness for medication on this board is consistent and astounding.  For people who are quick to deplore processed food, chemicals, etc., so many are willing to medicate their elementary school children to make them easier to manage and to make school focusing easier.

This is speed.  I don’t understand why people don’t embrace CBT, etc because that has lasting effects where Adderall wears off in half a day and the person has not grown their abilities at all. And there are significant side effects.

My ADHD child I manage with therapies, etc and while it isn’t easy for him or me, in the long run it is the only thing that will help him as a lifelong matter.  [/quote]

We have treated DS's ADHD without meds for over 10 years now. It has been a long, hard road. DS is now a junior and we are finally seeing a vast improvement in his ability to self-regulate and in his executive functioning. DS's academic advisor and pediatrician pushed hard for medication in 8/9th grade but his academic advisor recently told me that he is the model for kids with learning differences because he no longer procrastinates and does the things he needs to do without prompting. The therapies made all of the difference. It was extremely difficult, he received academic warnings in 9th grade, but he is likely headed to a top 50 college and is a happy, healthy kid. Our pediatrician and those on this board often repeat the threat that your kid will end up self-medicating if you don't use ADHD medication. That was not true for our son, as best we know -- I do not like how people say that as an absolute truth.  Reading about the impacts of medication, I'm actually torn. DS feels like he could have done better in high school with it, and will likely use it in college, but he also thinks there are benefits to being med-free. [/quote]

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