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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 503593" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I have had experience with schools pressuring parents to put their kids on medications, yes, many many times over the years......watched it with other parents too. </p><p></p><p>Do I think that we as a whole society tend to lean on medications too much...........um, might get me blasted a bit, but yeah honestly I do. Our society has this learned philosophy that there has got to be a medication to fix just about anything that might be wrong with someone. There is a portion of parents in society that have no clue how to actually "parent" their kids, those who just plain don't care to parent their kids.....and hope there is a magic pill to fix the issues without having to work at it. Many kids I've been exposed to and known well with the ADHD/ADD diagnosis are kids who aren't being parented effectively....either due to lack of skills or interest on the parent's part. This is NOT to say that there aren't plenty of kids out there who do have the disorder whom the medications greatly help. </p><p></p><p>I was severe adhd as a child. Mom tried medications once.......zombie effect. Never again. Yet I somehow survived my childhood without medication and actually did as well as most of my peers if not better. Yes there were a few issues in school, following rules was not one of them by the way, but I either learned to cope or dealt with the consequences. Those issues improved over time. </p><p></p><p>I had teachers push me to have both Travis and Nichole evaled for adhd/add. I did it even though I knew neither had it just to shut them up about it. psychiatrist did the evaluation correctly and it took a period of many weeks, which peeved off more than one teacher and school staff. Of course neither of them had it, which peeved off the school more.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure some depends on where you live too, but I've lived in many places over the years and ran into it everywhere I went. </p><p></p><p>So, in my opinion, if the diagnosis is correct (which often it's not) it still <strong>depends on each situation</strong> whether or not that child will require medications to help them cope. I personally? Would never use medications for a child with adhd or add. This is due to my own life experiences. I've as yet to see medications actually help a child (could be many reasons for this yes) for one, and I've seen just as many kids do as well if not better without medications. </p><p></p><p>But then I still have major issues with this diagnosis having started out as an inability to stay on task and sit still develop over the years into some pretty major behavior issues too. Sitting still was torture for me as a kid.....and yes, I did have issues staying on task for any real length of time. But that had nothing to do with following rules and other behaviors I now see being excused as supposedly a part of the diagnosis. in my opinion one has little to do with the other. But that is just my own humble experienced opinion. </p><p></p><p>So......this is leading to me hopping on a soapbox, so I'll quit now. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 503593, member: 84"] I have had experience with schools pressuring parents to put their kids on medications, yes, many many times over the years......watched it with other parents too. Do I think that we as a whole society tend to lean on medications too much...........um, might get me blasted a bit, but yeah honestly I do. Our society has this learned philosophy that there has got to be a medication to fix just about anything that might be wrong with someone. There is a portion of parents in society that have no clue how to actually "parent" their kids, those who just plain don't care to parent their kids.....and hope there is a magic pill to fix the issues without having to work at it. Many kids I've been exposed to and known well with the ADHD/ADD diagnosis are kids who aren't being parented effectively....either due to lack of skills or interest on the parent's part. This is NOT to say that there aren't plenty of kids out there who do have the disorder whom the medications greatly help. I was severe adhd as a child. Mom tried medications once.......zombie effect. Never again. Yet I somehow survived my childhood without medication and actually did as well as most of my peers if not better. Yes there were a few issues in school, following rules was not one of them by the way, but I either learned to cope or dealt with the consequences. Those issues improved over time. I had teachers push me to have both Travis and Nichole evaled for adhd/add. I did it even though I knew neither had it just to shut them up about it. psychiatrist did the evaluation correctly and it took a period of many weeks, which peeved off more than one teacher and school staff. Of course neither of them had it, which peeved off the school more. I'm sure some depends on where you live too, but I've lived in many places over the years and ran into it everywhere I went. So, in my opinion, if the diagnosis is correct (which often it's not) it still [B]depends on each situation[/B] whether or not that child will require medications to help them cope. I personally? Would never use medications for a child with adhd or add. This is due to my own life experiences. I've as yet to see medications actually help a child (could be many reasons for this yes) for one, and I've seen just as many kids do as well if not better without medications. But then I still have major issues with this diagnosis having started out as an inability to stay on task and sit still develop over the years into some pretty major behavior issues too. Sitting still was torture for me as a kid.....and yes, I did have issues staying on task for any real length of time. But that had nothing to do with following rules and other behaviors I now see being excused as supposedly a part of the diagnosis. in my opinion one has little to do with the other. But that is just my own humble experienced opinion. So......this is leading to me hopping on a soapbox, so I'll quit now. lol [/QUOTE]
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