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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 553175" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Well, now, a retired child psychiatrist with whom I am in correspondence (mainly about another subject but recently we have talked about J and the should I/shouldn't medicate dilemma) and here is what he says - I reproduce it here for general interest and possibly debate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>"Surely you must realize you are attempting to control your child's behaviour so others don't become irritated. Ask yourself, the teachers and others. Why his flapping about, shouting etc. makes them so anxious and angry. At one time my wife and I had a foster child that was the worst of deprivation and hyperactivity. So I know what is like to live with a child who grabbed his dinner in both hands and ate so fast, he vomited it all back onto the table and was so uncontrollably wild he had to be on a tether when walking near dangerous places and yet by God's great wisdom and patience, he was normalized to a great extent before he was adopted by another family. We had applied but were considered too old. The hard route is almost always better in the long run. I have treated hundreds of 'hyperactive' children and very seldom have I seen a child who really needed medication."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 553175, member: 11227"] Well, now, a retired child psychiatrist with whom I am in correspondence (mainly about another subject but recently we have talked about J and the should I/shouldn't medicate dilemma) and here is what he says - I reproduce it here for general interest and possibly debate :) "Surely you must realize you are attempting to control your child's behaviour so others don't become irritated. Ask yourself, the teachers and others. Why his flapping about, shouting etc. makes them so anxious and angry. At one time my wife and I had a foster child that was the worst of deprivation and hyperactivity. So I know what is like to live with a child who grabbed his dinner in both hands and ate so fast, he vomited it all back onto the table and was so uncontrollably wild he had to be on a tether when walking near dangerous places and yet by God's great wisdom and patience, he was normalized to a great extent before he was adopted by another family. We had applied but were considered too old. The hard route is almost always better in the long run. I have treated hundreds of 'hyperactive' children and very seldom have I seen a child who really needed medication." [/QUOTE]
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