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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 593580" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We started Wiz on medications at seven. It was hard. We gave the first dose on a weekend so that we would be with him all day and be able to evaluate the progress. My husband was TOTALLY against it and after talking to the psychiatrist (which he had not ever done), I decided we HAD to at least try. He took the first dose about two hours before a soccer game.</p><p></p><p>the change was incredible. Astounding. Amazing. Every single adult at the game on both sides noticed. We had people showering praise on him from about five min into the game. Why? He stayed in his area. He focused on what was going on. He was not all over the place. even his coach who was not a pushover was thrilled with him. </p><p></p><p>the best part? HE liked how he felt. </p><p></p><p>At that age the decisions of medications were NEVER something I put in my child's control. A child of six or seven simply does not have the ability to make an informed decision. It is not a job they should have to handle, it is why they have parents. I DID include my child in the PROCESS of medications. I asked opinions, how he felt, how the medication made him feel, what did he like about the medications and what did he not? I took his input VERY seriously and weighed it as I evaluated and discussed things with my doctor.</p><p></p><p>My son NEEDED stimulants for years. Without them he could not control his mind or his body. With them? He could think. He LIKED himself a lot more. He didn't think he was a screw up. It was not easy to decide, and over the years some tinkering iwth medications and dosage had to be done.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion a ritalin based medication is one of the best to try as a first. You will get a few hours or at most one day of effects. good or bad, they will be over in a day. Out of his system. A trip is NOT the time to trial a new medication, esp the first one. A quiet day at home IS. There are too many things changing during a trip for you to have any idea what impact the medications are having. You need to think of this as an experiment and try to control as many variables as you can. </p><p></p><p>In some ways it is using a child as a guinea pig. But that happens anyway. Various foods have various effects and we try to control those - not too much junk food or sweets, enough protein, carb and healthy fats, eetc.... We do these things because those foods work best at a certain level, just like medications do. </p><p></p><p>My son is 21 and says he has ZERO intentions of going off his medications unless/until the psychiatrist tells him he should. He likes himself on them and that is HUGE. Many eople think that giving a child with adhd a stimulant will make them more likely to go and use drugs. There is a TON of research that says this simply is not true. When the child is on the RIGHT medications for adhd, including stimulants, they are much LESS likely to abuse drugs than others. Children who have adhd and are NOT medicated appropriately are MUCH more likely to later seek out drugs. They are seeking to self medicate because of the problems with adhd, at least as a major part of the reasons for using/abusing drugs. </p><p></p><p>You need to find a balance between the 2 sides of yourself. This is what WE experienced and have learned. While I would most likely trial the medication, I am not you and my child is not your child. Every child is different as is every mom. This means that whatever you do or don't do, that you have done your best. Of course we support you in what you think is best for . Just don't make it his decision, because that is way too much for a child to handle. WAY too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 593580, member: 1233"] We started Wiz on medications at seven. It was hard. We gave the first dose on a weekend so that we would be with him all day and be able to evaluate the progress. My husband was TOTALLY against it and after talking to the psychiatrist (which he had not ever done), I decided we HAD to at least try. He took the first dose about two hours before a soccer game. the change was incredible. Astounding. Amazing. Every single adult at the game on both sides noticed. We had people showering praise on him from about five min into the game. Why? He stayed in his area. He focused on what was going on. He was not all over the place. even his coach who was not a pushover was thrilled with him. the best part? HE liked how he felt. At that age the decisions of medications were NEVER something I put in my child's control. A child of six or seven simply does not have the ability to make an informed decision. It is not a job they should have to handle, it is why they have parents. I DID include my child in the PROCESS of medications. I asked opinions, how he felt, how the medication made him feel, what did he like about the medications and what did he not? I took his input VERY seriously and weighed it as I evaluated and discussed things with my doctor. My son NEEDED stimulants for years. Without them he could not control his mind or his body. With them? He could think. He LIKED himself a lot more. He didn't think he was a screw up. It was not easy to decide, and over the years some tinkering iwth medications and dosage had to be done. in my opinion a ritalin based medication is one of the best to try as a first. You will get a few hours or at most one day of effects. good or bad, they will be over in a day. Out of his system. A trip is NOT the time to trial a new medication, esp the first one. A quiet day at home IS. There are too many things changing during a trip for you to have any idea what impact the medications are having. You need to think of this as an experiment and try to control as many variables as you can. In some ways it is using a child as a guinea pig. But that happens anyway. Various foods have various effects and we try to control those - not too much junk food or sweets, enough protein, carb and healthy fats, eetc.... We do these things because those foods work best at a certain level, just like medications do. My son is 21 and says he has ZERO intentions of going off his medications unless/until the psychiatrist tells him he should. He likes himself on them and that is HUGE. Many eople think that giving a child with adhd a stimulant will make them more likely to go and use drugs. There is a TON of research that says this simply is not true. When the child is on the RIGHT medications for adhd, including stimulants, they are much LESS likely to abuse drugs than others. Children who have adhd and are NOT medicated appropriately are MUCH more likely to later seek out drugs. They are seeking to self medicate because of the problems with adhd, at least as a major part of the reasons for using/abusing drugs. You need to find a balance between the 2 sides of yourself. This is what WE experienced and have learned. While I would most likely trial the medication, I am not you and my child is not your child. Every child is different as is every mom. This means that whatever you do or don't do, that you have done your best. Of course we support you in what you think is best for . Just don't make it his decision, because that is way too much for a child to handle. WAY too much. [/QUOTE]
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