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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 97391" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>IANAD (I am not a doctor), but I personally feel that ADHD is the root of all evil in the world. However, unlike some of the other issues you've listed, I've not heard of anyone becoming actively suicidal or intentionally self-harmful from ADHD (other than when I, er, "they" got the wrong medications).</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, in my humble opinion only docs you trust can guide you on this. Treatment with psychoactive drugs is always serious and dicey. Therefore, I feel that the only people who can give you the info you need are docs that (a) are competent to treat the illnesses you list, (b) that you <strong>trust</strong>, and (c) know your son and all his little quirks and oddities (for instance, my son and I can take Focalin and Ritalin all day, but become murderous thugs on Adderall).</p><p></p><p>As to music, that's a mixed bag. For some addicts, music is part of the "environment" in which they indulge their addiction. But that's not always true, so it's a hard call. I know my son likes to listen to Sublime, Kottonmouth Kings, Cypress Hill, and other bands that have a definite "drug culture" orientation. But I could never stop him from listening, even if I wanted to. I did, however, introduce him to some other styles of music that he ended up liking (techno, dance, trance, etc..). They carry their own "drug culture" connotations, but not for my son. So for him those "styles" were relatively safe because they weren't part of his drug habituation.</p><p></p><p>But with all that being said, in the end it didn't matter one way or the other. Music wasn't the evil driving McWeedy to drugs, and removing it wouldn't stop him from doing drugs. The only thing along those lines that might have helped (if we could have done it) would have been to change his <strong>friends</strong>, not the music. But we couldn't change or affect his choice of music or friends, so ultimately it didn't matter. </p><p></p><p>But then again, that's my situation, not necessarily yours. This might be something else to talk to your docs about, though - especially if you think music (or certain types of music) are part of his drug habituation, that may be something they can address along with whatever other treatment is recommended. I don't know what they (or you) can do, but it might be worth looking into.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if that helps, but I hope it does.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 97391, member: 3579"] IANAD (I am not a doctor), but I personally feel that ADHD is the root of all evil in the world. However, unlike some of the other issues you've listed, I've not heard of anyone becoming actively suicidal or intentionally self-harmful from ADHD (other than when I, er, "they" got the wrong medications). Unfortunately, in my humble opinion only docs you trust can guide you on this. Treatment with psychoactive drugs is always serious and dicey. Therefore, I feel that the only people who can give you the info you need are docs that (a) are competent to treat the illnesses you list, (b) that you [b]trust[/b], and (c) know your son and all his little quirks and oddities (for instance, my son and I can take Focalin and Ritalin all day, but become murderous thugs on Adderall). As to music, that's a mixed bag. For some addicts, music is part of the "environment" in which they indulge their addiction. But that's not always true, so it's a hard call. I know my son likes to listen to Sublime, Kottonmouth Kings, Cypress Hill, and other bands that have a definite "drug culture" orientation. But I could never stop him from listening, even if I wanted to. I did, however, introduce him to some other styles of music that he ended up liking (techno, dance, trance, etc..). They carry their own "drug culture" connotations, but not for my son. So for him those "styles" were relatively safe because they weren't part of his drug habituation. But with all that being said, in the end it didn't matter one way or the other. Music wasn't the evil driving McWeedy to drugs, and removing it wouldn't stop him from doing drugs. The only thing along those lines that might have helped (if we could have done it) would have been to change his [b]friends[/b], not the music. But we couldn't change or affect his choice of music or friends, so ultimately it didn't matter. But then again, that's my situation, not necessarily yours. This might be something else to talk to your docs about, though - especially if you think music (or certain types of music) are part of his drug habituation, that may be something they can address along with whatever other treatment is recommended. I don't know what they (or you) can do, but it might be worth looking into. I don't know if that helps, but I hope it does. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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