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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 438363" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks for these perspectives. (by the way, keista, I don't really want a shy, quiet, timid child - well, might be nice part-time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> - it was that English humour thing again...) To medicate or not is obviously a big decision and one that does not always seem to be treated with the careful consideration that it deserves from doctors/psychiatrists. I do have the sense of having time, of there being no urgency or rush; after all, there must be a clinical reason why these medications are not recommended for children under 6 in Europe... part of me is curious, obviously, to see what might happen, what improvements may occur, how my son's behaviour would change with medications; another part is scared of playing with what feels like fire. And you hear both sides - you hear that children treated with medications do better in adolescence, that children treated with medications do worse in adolescence, etc, etc. It is clearly a very individual thing. If there were something that could help my son meet with less social rejection, obviously I'm interested... but then what if part of that social rejection is just the very regulated, disciplined society we are currently living in?? </p><p>Thanks for all your input and understanding. I feel the right thing to do is going to become clearer over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 438363, member: 11227"] Thanks for these perspectives. (by the way, keista, I don't really want a shy, quiet, timid child - well, might be nice part-time :) - it was that English humour thing again...) To medicate or not is obviously a big decision and one that does not always seem to be treated with the careful consideration that it deserves from doctors/psychiatrists. I do have the sense of having time, of there being no urgency or rush; after all, there must be a clinical reason why these medications are not recommended for children under 6 in Europe... part of me is curious, obviously, to see what might happen, what improvements may occur, how my son's behaviour would change with medications; another part is scared of playing with what feels like fire. And you hear both sides - you hear that children treated with medications do better in adolescence, that children treated with medications do worse in adolescence, etc, etc. It is clearly a very individual thing. If there were something that could help my son meet with less social rejection, obviously I'm interested... but then what if part of that social rejection is just the very regulated, disciplined society we are currently living in?? Thanks for all your input and understanding. I feel the right thing to do is going to become clearer over time. [/QUOTE]
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