Malika
Well-Known Member
I didn't realise it but J (finally) has a diagnosis! Went to the doctor (for something unrelated) and he showed me a letter he had received from the psychiatrist we saw a few times whose take on J seemed to be that he was like he is because he was adopted, I was divorced, no father, etc. Anyway, we had a few conversations in which I explained that I really felt J's behaviour arose out of a neuro-biological condition and that even if my circumstances were different, he would be the same. The guy seemed quite open and eventually said yes, why not, if one thought about it, all of our behaviour was governed by neuro-biological factors (I don't presume he changed his mind because of me but because of the changing trend here in France away from psycho-analytical thinking more in line with the thinking of the rest of the world...). Anyway, he wrote a letter to the doctor and the other psychiatrist saying there is no doubt that J has ADHD and that if I agreed to it, he recommended Ritalin...
So it is in black and white and I have the letter to prove it As for the medication route, I really haven't got there yet. J is still too young, he's holding it together at school, it can't really be justified yet. Of course if they came without side effects, I would agree to it because life for him would be much easier (and others around him) without the hyperactivity. I have begun a process of reflection about it, it can be put like that...
So it is in black and white and I have the letter to prove it As for the medication route, I really haven't got there yet. J is still too young, he's holding it together at school, it can't really be justified yet. Of course if they came without side effects, I would agree to it because life for him would be much easier (and others around him) without the hyperactivity. I have begun a process of reflection about it, it can be put like that...