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Does it always come to medications?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 385968" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think doctors hand out drugs way too fast, especially when they "suspect" ADHD (I'd guess that at least half the time it's the wrong diagnosis). If a child is hurting himself or others or destroying property, I would think that's severe enough for medication as nobody can live that way, especially the child. However, no diagnosis is written in stone because we have no blood tests. My son's middle elementary school psychiatrist, who has a good reputation, wrongly diagnosed him with bipolar and put him on three years of strong medications with soooooooooo many side effects. Turns out he is on the autism spectrum and has no mood problems. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can look like mental illness, but it isn't. Once he was taken off all medication he started doing much better, especially in school.</p><p></p><p>Now my daughter always had LDs but I didn't want to put her on medication as she has no behavior problems. Last year she went into detail on how hard it was for her to concentrate and on how hard that made school for her. Reluctantly, we tried Concerta. Her grades leaped and she is doing really well...no side effects at all. So I think it all depends. Sometimes the medications make kids better, often they make them even worse. It's a crapshoot. </p><p></p><p>I think it all depends on the circumstances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 385968, member: 1550"] I think doctors hand out drugs way too fast, especially when they "suspect" ADHD (I'd guess that at least half the time it's the wrong diagnosis). If a child is hurting himself or others or destroying property, I would think that's severe enough for medication as nobody can live that way, especially the child. However, no diagnosis is written in stone because we have no blood tests. My son's middle elementary school psychiatrist, who has a good reputation, wrongly diagnosed him with bipolar and put him on three years of strong medications with soooooooooo many side effects. Turns out he is on the autism spectrum and has no mood problems. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can look like mental illness, but it isn't. Once he was taken off all medication he started doing much better, especially in school. Now my daughter always had LDs but I didn't want to put her on medication as she has no behavior problems. Last year she went into detail on how hard it was for her to concentrate and on how hard that made school for her. Reluctantly, we tried Concerta. Her grades leaped and she is doing really well...no side effects at all. So I think it all depends. Sometimes the medications make kids better, often they make them even worse. It's a crapshoot. I think it all depends on the circumstances. [/QUOTE]
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