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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Oh, and you can be sure that several posters will criticize what I wrote here. They will say THEIR child needed meds, that it was the ONLY thing that helped, and that their child's life was wonderfully assisted by them. Good for them. The data simply does not support their illusion."

FWIW - we use meds not because of my son's behavior issues associated with the ADHD, but because he's also dyslexic, and he can't focus enough to read without them.  I do, in fact, have data points that shows the difference in his performance with and without meds.  [/quote]

Similarly, my son's writing is pretty much illegible off meds and, although far from perfect, much, much improved when on.[/quote]

Are you seriously noting your child's improved handwriting as evidence that meds work?

For the billionth time, meds will show an increase in the ability to sustain attention on repetitive tasks (school work). This is a temporary effect, lasting only a few years. Stimulant meds will do this for ANYONE, you don't need to have adhd. It's why college students routinely abuse them to help them study for tests. They are not "fixing" any brain imbalances in the adhd child.

Multiple posters on this thread are claiming OP is in denial, that her son is headed for a lifetime of academic failure and horrible self esteem. This simply isn't true. A child with adhd is at risk for academic failure and low self esteem. That is a fact. They are different in a way that makes it difficult for them to function within the framework of our society. But medication does not change this reality. It may improve their focus and behavior in a temporary way, but it will not last. They cannot maintain themselves on medicine for long periods of time. Meds are only a temporary reprieve from symptoms, as a previous poster is experiencing with her second grader.

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There is no cure for ADHD.  Thats not news, we all know that.  But there is a treatment. And, yes, the treatment only works while taking it.  but during that "temporary" period of time kids go to school, learn, develop social relationships, function.  And when you master those skills in 5th grade you are better placed to continue them in 6th, and then 7th and then so on. If you lose 5th grade because you can't focus, read, write (don't minimize dysgraphia, my DS has it and it affects everything, including math), you will start 6th grade at a deficit (academically, socially, behaviorally) and over the years that deficit will grow.

There's no cure for deafness, but kids can get cochlear implants that allow them to hear.  It isn't a cure, if the implants are removed or off, the deafness returns.  Its similar.[/quote]

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