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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 593570" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Malika, I agree that you're the only one who can make the decision about whether or not to medicate J. It's never an easy decision, nor one taken lightly.</p><p></p><p>Backing up Janet's comments, I want to add some empirical evidence of my own.</p><p>ADHD medications have a substantially different effect on people with the condition vs. those who do not have it. My brother has ADHD, and was on Ritalin for years starting when he was about 3. There was a clear difference between "Medicated Bro" and "Non-medicated Bro". His body stopped twitching, his thoughts stopped racing, he was able to finish a thought, a sentence, a task. He becaame much more calm and settled. I, on the other hand, do not have ADHD. When I was in my early teens, I used to steal my brother's medications to get high. And get high, I did. Twitching, speed-freak high.</p><p></p><p>So: one child with ADHD gets nice and calm on the medications, while one child without ADHD becomes a blithering, jabbering, drooling mess. One girl's experience, but it matches with countless studies on the efficacy of stims on treating ADHD.</p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind. If the medications don't work, then the hyperactivity likely has a cause other than ADHD.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 593570, member: 3907"] Malika, I agree that you're the only one who can make the decision about whether or not to medicate J. It's never an easy decision, nor one taken lightly. Backing up Janet's comments, I want to add some empirical evidence of my own. ADHD medications have a substantially different effect on people with the condition vs. those who do not have it. My brother has ADHD, and was on Ritalin for years starting when he was about 3. There was a clear difference between "Medicated Bro" and "Non-medicated Bro". His body stopped twitching, his thoughts stopped racing, he was able to finish a thought, a sentence, a task. He becaame much more calm and settled. I, on the other hand, do not have ADHD. When I was in my early teens, I used to steal my brother's medications to get high. And get high, I did. Twitching, speed-freak high. So: one child with ADHD gets nice and calm on the medications, while one child without ADHD becomes a blithering, jabbering, drooling mess. One girl's experience, but it matches with countless studies on the efficacy of stims on treating ADHD. One thing to keep in mind. If the medications don't work, then the hyperactivity likely has a cause other than ADHD. :smile: [/QUOTE]
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