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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 410447" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hi ThreeShadows! In France, Ritalin is the only drug licensed to be prescribed for ADHD, from the age of seven. I get the impression that it is recommended by conventional doctors IF there is trouble at school - this seems to be the touchstone for all here, school being so important <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> If there is no trouble at school, I guess one has the leeway to work with whatever means one wants. I think behavioural therapies are also offered. Thanks for your questions about my adopted son's background. Unfortunately I have absolutely no information about his birth mother and never will have. He was tiny and underweight at birth (after being abandoned in a hospital after his mother gave birth to him, the typical scenario in Morocco), implying that she had not taken care of herself. There is of course a possibility that she drank/took drugs during the pregnancy. When he was smaller I had to stop myself thinking about "who my son would have been" if it had not been for this probable damage. On the other hand, he could have inherited ADHD or its traits genetically... Strangely, my ex-husband (Moroccan), with whom I adopted him, has a hyperactive kind of personality and hyperactive-type children are more common in Morocco than any other country I've experienced. Could be something (or a lot) to do with the fact that Moroccan children are often not disciplined as they are in the west - although they are punished, often brutally - and grow up largely unsupervised. This is particularly true of boys... So that's another unknown variable to add into the mix! I am sorry to hear about your boys... I hope they will find their path in life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 410447, member: 11227"] Hi ThreeShadows! In France, Ritalin is the only drug licensed to be prescribed for ADHD, from the age of seven. I get the impression that it is recommended by conventional doctors IF there is trouble at school - this seems to be the touchstone for all here, school being so important :-) If there is no trouble at school, I guess one has the leeway to work with whatever means one wants. I think behavioural therapies are also offered. Thanks for your questions about my adopted son's background. Unfortunately I have absolutely no information about his birth mother and never will have. He was tiny and underweight at birth (after being abandoned in a hospital after his mother gave birth to him, the typical scenario in Morocco), implying that she had not taken care of herself. There is of course a possibility that she drank/took drugs during the pregnancy. When he was smaller I had to stop myself thinking about "who my son would have been" if it had not been for this probable damage. On the other hand, he could have inherited ADHD or its traits genetically... Strangely, my ex-husband (Moroccan), with whom I adopted him, has a hyperactive kind of personality and hyperactive-type children are more common in Morocco than any other country I've experienced. Could be something (or a lot) to do with the fact that Moroccan children are often not disciplined as they are in the west - although they are punished, often brutally - and grow up largely unsupervised. This is particularly true of boys... So that's another unknown variable to add into the mix! I am sorry to hear about your boys... I hope they will find their path in life. [/QUOTE]
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