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coming off stimulants - what did you see?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 326257" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>From long experience both taking medications myself (thirty years) and with my son, I have found that medications and the diagnoses are often both a crapshoot. Trust me, I wish doctors had blood tests, but they don't. And they are giving you only their best guesses for what is available NOW (it changes constantly in the psychiatric field, which is growing). My policy, again from my own experiences, is that if a medication isn't working at all or is making me or my child worse, I discontinue it. Why put a child on any medication that doesn't give an obviously good response? </p><p></p><p>If you don't see obviously good responses to medication, whether or not he has ADHD, I'd discontinue. My son was on medications for three years and he didn't really need them as his diagnose was incorrect (wish I could say this is uncommon, but it's not). He grew obese on the drugs and is still overweight 4 1/2 years later. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do!!! </p><p> what to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 326257, member: 1550"] From long experience both taking medications myself (thirty years) and with my son, I have found that medications and the diagnoses are often both a crapshoot. Trust me, I wish doctors had blood tests, but they don't. And they are giving you only their best guesses for what is available NOW (it changes constantly in the psychiatric field, which is growing). My policy, again from my own experiences, is that if a medication isn't working at all or is making me or my child worse, I discontinue it. Why put a child on any medication that doesn't give an obviously good response? If you don't see obviously good responses to medication, whether or not he has ADHD, I'd discontinue. My son was on medications for three years and he didn't really need them as his diagnose was incorrect (wish I could say this is uncommon, but it's not). He grew obese on the drugs and is still overweight 4 1/2 years later. Good luck, whatever you decide to do!!! what to do. [/QUOTE]
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