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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 553068" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Ritalin has been around for over 40 years now and it isnt considered a heavy duty medication that doctors no nothing about anymore. It has been studied over and over and the patients that were first put on it in the first place are now at least in their 50's and 60's. Both my younger two boys were on ritalin when they were younger and in fact that was the only medication Jamie ever took. It did nothing harmful to him such as stunt his growth. It did cause him to be a bit on the thinner side as a child but not skin and bones. He ate well. He just had a high metabolism. </p><p></p><p>Jamie wasnt a good student when he was your son's age either. He simply couldnt sit still even with his ritalin on board and he hated book work. It took him until halfway through 2nd grade (when he was 7 and a half) at which time he came home beaming telling me he had finally figured out why kids went to school. He started doing very well from that point on. Before that he couldnt memorize his spelling words or reading or even math concepts. He just wanted to be outside playing and really didnt get why anyone would expect little boys to be inside all day...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 553068, member: 1514"] Ritalin has been around for over 40 years now and it isnt considered a heavy duty medication that doctors no nothing about anymore. It has been studied over and over and the patients that were first put on it in the first place are now at least in their 50's and 60's. Both my younger two boys were on ritalin when they were younger and in fact that was the only medication Jamie ever took. It did nothing harmful to him such as stunt his growth. It did cause him to be a bit on the thinner side as a child but not skin and bones. He ate well. He just had a high metabolism. Jamie wasnt a good student when he was your son's age either. He simply couldnt sit still even with his ritalin on board and he hated book work. It took him until halfway through 2nd grade (when he was 7 and a half) at which time he came home beaming telling me he had finally figured out why kids went to school. He started doing very well from that point on. Before that he couldnt memorize his spelling words or reading or even math concepts. He just wanted to be outside playing and really didnt get why anyone would expect little boys to be inside all day...lol. [/QUOTE]
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