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<blockquote data-quote="happymomof2" data-source="post: 155432" data-attributes="member: 4270"><p>I am not totally against medications. I just know what we went through before on them and I hated it. </p><p></p><p>My difficult child would not eat, he was thin anyway - because he didn't want to eat he had no energy to do anything. In fact they had the mile run at school which he loved because he was so fast. In the middle of the run I was rooting him on and he stopped and came to me bent over and said mom I just can't do it. It was all because of the medications. He would sit at the table at night and stare down at his plate and poke at his food, the child had no appetite and he would not make eye contact with anyone. Once he got off the medications the teachers even remarked how much better he was talking to them and making eye contact. When I finally decided not to put him back on medications his teacher (who was wonderful by the way) said well, he will make me earn my paycheck that's for sure. </p><p></p><p>We tried 3 different medications for him all with the same results if not worse. Oh, of course he was more focused at school poor kid didn't have any energy to do anything <em><strong>but </strong></em>sit there and listen. </p><p></p><p>So it's not that I hate the medications and am so against them. I think they work great for some kids and thats wonderful. You use what works - I just can't put him through that again. Not saying we won't try it again it's still a possibility I just hope we don't have to. </p><p></p><p>A lot of people down the natural stuff, there again you use what works. He started taking "attend" during Thanksgiving break and it helped. Granted it's not working as well as the script medications but it does help with no side effects. I am going to look into a little more today because I think I need to up his dosage on it because he has gained more weight and gotten taller since he started taking it. </p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for all your replies and support. I truly appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="happymomof2, post: 155432, member: 4270"] I am not totally against medications. I just know what we went through before on them and I hated it. My difficult child would not eat, he was thin anyway - because he didn't want to eat he had no energy to do anything. In fact they had the mile run at school which he loved because he was so fast. In the middle of the run I was rooting him on and he stopped and came to me bent over and said mom I just can't do it. It was all because of the medications. He would sit at the table at night and stare down at his plate and poke at his food, the child had no appetite and he would not make eye contact with anyone. Once he got off the medications the teachers even remarked how much better he was talking to them and making eye contact. When I finally decided not to put him back on medications his teacher (who was wonderful by the way) said well, he will make me earn my paycheck that's for sure. We tried 3 different medications for him all with the same results if not worse. Oh, of course he was more focused at school poor kid didn't have any energy to do anything [I][B]but [/B][/I]sit there and listen. So it's not that I hate the medications and am so against them. I think they work great for some kids and thats wonderful. You use what works - I just can't put him through that again. Not saying we won't try it again it's still a possibility I just hope we don't have to. A lot of people down the natural stuff, there again you use what works. He started taking "attend" during Thanksgiving break and it helped. Granted it's not working as well as the script medications but it does help with no side effects. I am going to look into a little more today because I think I need to up his dosage on it because he has gained more weight and gotten taller since he started taking it. Thanks so much for all your replies and support. I truly appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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