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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Following - how do you all address how scary it sounds to medicate a 7/8 y.o. for impulsivity? (We are in the process of learning about med trials and have found OT to help significantly but not be enough.)[/quote] You tell yourself that just because something “sounds scary” doesn’t mean it is scary. In fact it can be good. If you had cancer, chemo would sound scary right? But you’d do it? Or surgery for some other issue? You can do hard things for the benefit of your child. [/quote] This is overly simplistic. For SOME kids, meds are the easy answer. Behavior therapy, executive function coaching, parenting modification etc. are the harder things. But, CAN BE far better things. Meds work when you are taking the meds (unlike chemo where you can hopefully stop, or surgery where a problem gets addressed, ADHD meds are more like ozempic or insulin or thyroid meds that need to be taken to be effective). So, unless you want your kid taking them seven days a week, weekend soccer or weekend math or weekend music will contiue to be a problem. Or evening socializing. Skill development, if you can get it to work, will be carried across situations and time. Some kids have disabilities that are truly too severe for other options to work. But, many kids can learn to self regulate to at least improve functioning.[/quote]
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