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<blockquote data-quote="whatamess" data-source="post: 572615" data-attributes="member: 7664"><p>Malika,</p><p> Devil's advocate here: some people might say if your child had strep throat you would give antibiotics or if they were diabetic you wouldn't deny insulin, so why, when it becomes a dysfunction of brain chemicals do people refuse therapeutic medications to ameliorate the life-impacting symptoms? I will tell you that I viewed adhd medications as imposing my adult will on an innocent child and fundamentally thought as you do -that my child was born this way and we should live with whatever conditions cause him trouble. I do have to say that medications like ritalin are so quick in and out that the fretting and mental gymnastics weighing all pros and cons is really out of proportion to the innocuous-ness of the medications. I do think, that if at some point you steeled yourself to try the medication, your mindset as it is now would likely veer you toward seeking any negatives reactions that might support your feelings that the medication was bad/dangerous/ineffective, etc. </p><p>I am able to play both sides of this because I have been on both sides, so I leave you with this thoughtful video:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8limRtHZPs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8limRtHZPs</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whatamess, post: 572615, member: 7664"] Malika, Devil's advocate here: some people might say if your child had strep throat you would give antibiotics or if they were diabetic you wouldn't deny insulin, so why, when it becomes a dysfunction of brain chemicals do people refuse therapeutic medications to ameliorate the life-impacting symptoms? I will tell you that I viewed adhd medications as imposing my adult will on an innocent child and fundamentally thought as you do -that my child was born this way and we should live with whatever conditions cause him trouble. I do have to say that medications like ritalin are so quick in and out that the fretting and mental gymnastics weighing all pros and cons is really out of proportion to the innocuous-ness of the medications. I do think, that if at some point you steeled yourself to try the medication, your mindset as it is now would likely veer you toward seeking any negatives reactions that might support your feelings that the medication was bad/dangerous/ineffective, etc. I am able to play both sides of this because I have been on both sides, so I leave you with this thoughtful video: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8limRtHZPs[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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