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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I can't read all of these responses because too many of them clearly just don't get the point you have reached. OP, I don't have experience with ritalin at 4, but I did medicate DS with an SSRI at 6. I totally get it. It made a massive difference. His tic disorder and anxiety were so severe that he couldn't function anymore. It made a world of difference. If it doesn't help significantly, the benefit of Ritalin is you can always pull him back off without too much trouble. People who's never received nonstop calls from schools and don't have this level of kid have trouble understanding how bad it can be.

FWIW, DS is 21, still on Zoloft, HFA with anxiety, panic, tics (though manageable with the meds), but is in college and basically takes care of his needs and is on track to have a job and maybe even some sort of social life![/quote]

Op here. Thank you! I love hearing stories with this kind of long term perspective. It is so reassuring to hear that stories like this do happen at least some of the time![/quote]

OP, that poster is talking about a 6 year old who is in school, in kindergarten or 1st grade.  She has no experience with medicating a 4 year old who is not in school yet.

In two years, you and your DC will be in a totally different place.  While your DC will still be immature for their age, they will have had 2 years of maturity and growth.  [/quote]

Op here. Ok. It’s still nice to hear about kids doing well in young adulthood after having challenges when younger. The fact that PP’s story doesn’t map perfectly to mine doesn’t change that it is still nice to hear.

Again, there’s tons of medical/school/home context I could provide on my situation but this isn’t really a thread where I’m looking to do a deep dive on my child’s full history. In part, because I’ve already had that conversation on this page before so I just don’t feel the need to revisit it. We have also already made the decision to try Ritalin, the medication is on the way, and so I’m not in the process of deciding. I came here to hear about other experiences with Ritalin at 4. It does seem relatively uncommon so I haven’t gotten a ton of replies that are responsive to my actual question, but a few of them have been helpful. [/quote]

Op, it’s not worth anyones time to comment or share or advise when you keep insisting you are only revealing a sliver of information because that’s all we need to know to weigh in. That’s not how any of this works. The child is viewed and treated holistically. You are doing yourself a major disservice by thinking of treatment in these discrete chunks and you’d get much more helpful insights if you shared relevant information. There’s no way to know based on the lack of what you provided. It’s silly. [/quote]

Op here. No one has to comment if they don’t feel it’s worth their time.

I agree that it’s important to understand my child holistically, which is why we just flew across the country to take DC to a super specialized clinic, where we spent multiple days with multiple providers. We saw 18 providers over the course of 4 days and every provider spent a lot of time with DC, and the unanimous recommendation of the team was to try stimulants. DC has a lot going on medically and multiple diagnoses. I think for kids who have less going on, it makes sense to get into all the details but for my DC it has never been helpful on this board because our experiences are just kind of unusual.

All I asked is if anyone had experience doing this, not whether posters recommend that I try it.

Anyway, first dose starts tomorrow, I’m excited to see how it goes.

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