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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is super depressing.  I already feel like there are no good options for my kids, and that everything I do as a parent is wrong.  I'm definitely feeling damned if I do, damned if I don't on the medication front right now.  [/quote]

I posted this study:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212200800.htm

All it does is show how little is known about stimulant medication- it's not necessarily critical.

If [b]my DS was failing in school, unable to make friends or maintain relationships, and unlikely to come close to meeting his potential,[/b] I wouldn't hesitate to use stimulant medication if it could help him. [/quote]
This is the key.  If your kid is severe enough to have these problems, then medication benefits outweigh risks.  If your kid is not as severe, and you can manage with just behavioral interventions, then medication may not be worth it.

In our case, my kid absolutely needs medication and could not function without it.  In the days before medication, she would have been regarded as a "bad kid," and a lost cause.[/quote]

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