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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 552395"><p>My difficult child 1 can't take stimulants so we do the non-stimulant. He had loss of appetite for the first month or so then that went away. They have never interfered with his sleep and there is no rebound. It works wonders for us though others here have stated otherwose in their case.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I put difficult child 1 on medications for his ADHD when he was barely 5. I hated the idea but I didn't like the "quality" of his life having to deal with symptoms medication free. Things improved drastically because they slowed his mind down enough to be able to think things through BEFORE doing/saying them. It also helped with school, he wasn't "bouncing off walls" and he could concentrate on his schoolwork.</p><p></p><p>I had decided that quality of life was more important than my bias. The decision about medications for young children is one of the hardest decisions we have to make. There are so many medications with such a wide variety of side effects that it really is scary. I am just glad it worked out ok for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 552395"] My difficult child 1 can't take stimulants so we do the non-stimulant. He had loss of appetite for the first month or so then that went away. They have never interfered with his sleep and there is no rebound. It works wonders for us though others here have stated otherwose in their case. Anyway, I put difficult child 1 on medications for his ADHD when he was barely 5. I hated the idea but I didn't like the "quality" of his life having to deal with symptoms medication free. Things improved drastically because they slowed his mind down enough to be able to think things through BEFORE doing/saying them. It also helped with school, he wasn't "bouncing off walls" and he could concentrate on his schoolwork. I had decided that quality of life was more important than my bias. The decision about medications for young children is one of the hardest decisions we have to make. There are so many medications with such a wide variety of side effects that it really is scary. I am just glad it worked out ok for us. [/QUOTE]
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