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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We started mine on Ritalin at 4, also a very very low does. A year later, he's finishing Kindergarten strong, and this year went better than we ever hoped - although DS does have and will continue to have challenges.

We have had some issues from the medicine - reduced appetite and some jaw pain. We don't medicate on the weekend  or school holidays unless he has to go somewhere and we need him to be able to comply. We feed him anything and everything he'll eat from 4-8:30 pm every day to get the calories in. We also give magnesium and omega 3 - the Magnesium to help with the jaw cramps that come on after the dose in the morning. The omega-3 just helps with mood in general.

Our son is growing, happy, proud of himself, learning in school, and working on friendships.

I hope this helps your son!

For us - it was life changing, and I am glad we have a great doctor (psychiatrist) to help us. She sees him frequently and we pay out of pocket - no insurance - but it's worth it.[/quote]

I have a friend who had the exact same experience. But he was a bright, on track academically and much more NT kid than mine. My son attends a SN school and he and most of his peers were medicated very early on and it makes a small but helpful difference for most of them. The thing is, if your kid has a low IQ, as noted upthread, or has LD or ASD, the meds don't work as well generally, and there is just less improvement because the baseline is so bad. That's just how it is.[/quote]

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