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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 157266" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have another take on medications, partly because of my son and partly because I've been on medications now since I've been 23 (I'm 54). There were some medications that definitely made me probably look "better" but they actually just doped me to zombiedom. I hated feeling doped up so I'd quit taking them. I'm disturbed by how fast doctors hand out medications and how many medications they pile into kids. I know first hand you can feel far worse when you are wrongly or overmedicated. So this is my opinion (which certainly isn't gospel). Here goes.</p><p>Since diagnoses are often wrong, and my son is a prime example, you may want to have a more intensive evaluation before medicating your child, especially since your husband is against it. We rushed into medications for my son (stimulants first) and they made him worse. All ADHD medications made him mean and aggressive. Why? Maybe because, although it looked like ADHD, his main problem wasn't really ADHD. There are many ADHD mimickers. </p><p>Then he was diagnosed wrongly with bipolar disorder, and put on REALLY heavy duty medications for three years until we finally got a neuropsychologist evaluation (ten hours of intensive testing) because we just didn't believe it was bipolar. He didn't seem bipolar (I have bipolar). He's been off all medications now for almost four years and he's never been this good. However his first diagnosis was ADHD/ODD. He is neither. He is on the autism spectrum which is why all those medications made him worse. Although I think there is a definite place for medications, I do think people often rush into them expecting them to perform miracles. Sometimes they do, but it has to be the right medication for the right diagnosis. Do you have any doubt that the diagnosis is right? If you've ever thought "I wonder if it's something else" maybe you should get your child a neuropsychologist exam before giving her stimulants or Straterra. Or anything else for ADHD. ADHD/anxiety symptoms can actually be other things...I'd check it out with a neuropsychologist THEN talk to hub about medications if the diagnosis. requires them. I personally wish we had not rushed and had gone with our gut feeling that this child was on the autism spectrum. They are so fast to jump to ADHD...and in my opinion now they are also rushing bipolar...make darn sure you have the right diagnosis. first or your child could end up like mine. That doesn't mean don't medicate...it means maybe go slower, maybe hub has a point, maybe you should explore all options first. Good luck, whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 157266, member: 1550"] I have another take on medications, partly because of my son and partly because I've been on medications now since I've been 23 (I'm 54). There were some medications that definitely made me probably look "better" but they actually just doped me to zombiedom. I hated feeling doped up so I'd quit taking them. I'm disturbed by how fast doctors hand out medications and how many medications they pile into kids. I know first hand you can feel far worse when you are wrongly or overmedicated. So this is my opinion (which certainly isn't gospel). Here goes. Since diagnoses are often wrong, and my son is a prime example, you may want to have a more intensive evaluation before medicating your child, especially since your husband is against it. We rushed into medications for my son (stimulants first) and they made him worse. All ADHD medications made him mean and aggressive. Why? Maybe because, although it looked like ADHD, his main problem wasn't really ADHD. There are many ADHD mimickers. Then he was diagnosed wrongly with bipolar disorder, and put on REALLY heavy duty medications for three years until we finally got a neuropsychologist evaluation (ten hours of intensive testing) because we just didn't believe it was bipolar. He didn't seem bipolar (I have bipolar). He's been off all medications now for almost four years and he's never been this good. However his first diagnosis was ADHD/ODD. He is neither. He is on the autism spectrum which is why all those medications made him worse. Although I think there is a definite place for medications, I do think people often rush into them expecting them to perform miracles. Sometimes they do, but it has to be the right medication for the right diagnosis. Do you have any doubt that the diagnosis is right? If you've ever thought "I wonder if it's something else" maybe you should get your child a neuropsychologist exam before giving her stimulants or Straterra. Or anything else for ADHD. ADHD/anxiety symptoms can actually be other things...I'd check it out with a neuropsychologist THEN talk to hub about medications if the diagnosis. requires them. I personally wish we had not rushed and had gone with our gut feeling that this child was on the autism spectrum. They are so fast to jump to ADHD...and in my opinion now they are also rushing bipolar...make darn sure you have the right diagnosis. first or your child could end up like mine. That doesn't mean don't medicate...it means maybe go slower, maybe hub has a point, maybe you should explore all options first. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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