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I'm afraid to give my daughter ADHD medication. Help?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 354442" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p><em>MWM, the Connors and computerized testing can add evidence for or against a diagnosis of ADHD, but it is not 100 percent diagnostic.</em></p><p> </p><p>mine has long been diagnosis's with adhd....and scored exactly 50 on the connors computerized test, right in the middle---so at this point neuropsychologist cannot r/i or rule out adhd.</p><p>i felt it would be a more accurate portrayal of HER in action, vs those stupid questionaires that are so subjective...case in point, each teacher did one for her, and each individual survey scored differently, and were STRONGLY biased by the person doing it....surprise, surprise, the teacher that was convinced she was doing things intentionally scored her as ODD, the teacher that sees her crying regularly scored her heavy on the ED issues, the one who says she daydreams all day long made her the poster child for ADHD, and so on...and thus, they were relatively inconclusive. so the computerized test was *my* holy grail...roflmao...leave it to MY kid <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />--and told me not a darn thing. </p><p> </p><p>i'm only telling you this <em>just in case---</em>it was diagnostic of exactly <strong>nothing</strong> for us--and i had VERY high hopes to r/i or rule out so we could treat accordingly (i'm not a huge </p><p>fan of medications unless proven necessary, and our concerta experiment was a disaster, obviously for other reasons than your dd13).</p><p> </p><p>i'd listen to her. you say she is very clear and justifies her position, and from what you say, she sounds like she shows some clear add-in like tendancies--- and, lucky for you, she's old enough to articulate how she feels.</p><p> </p><p>but it also sounds like you are jumping the gun re:medications....i'm NOT getting the sense you have the results of the connors survey or the computerized testing yet. hopefully both will come back as undeniably clearcut one way or the other for her. i'd see what happens with the two before stressing over the medication decision. </p><p> </p><p>and, as others have pointed out, she's <em>not</em> your DD25....but i certainly get your apprehension!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 354442, member: 8831"] [I]MWM, the Connors and computerized testing can add evidence for or against a diagnosis of ADHD, but it is not 100 percent diagnostic.[/I] mine has long been diagnosis's with adhd....and scored exactly 50 on the connors computerized test, right in the middle---so at this point neuropsychologist cannot r/i or rule out adhd. i felt it would be a more accurate portrayal of HER in action, vs those stupid questionaires that are so subjective...case in point, each teacher did one for her, and each individual survey scored differently, and were STRONGLY biased by the person doing it....surprise, surprise, the teacher that was convinced she was doing things intentionally scored her as ODD, the teacher that sees her crying regularly scored her heavy on the ED issues, the one who says she daydreams all day long made her the poster child for ADHD, and so on...and thus, they were relatively inconclusive. so the computerized test was *my* holy grail...roflmao...leave it to MY kid :winking:--and told me not a darn thing. i'm only telling you this [I]just in case---[/I]it was diagnostic of exactly [B]nothing[/B] for us--and i had VERY high hopes to r/i or rule out so we could treat accordingly (i'm not a huge fan of medications unless proven necessary, and our concerta experiment was a disaster, obviously for other reasons than your dd13). i'd listen to her. you say she is very clear and justifies her position, and from what you say, she sounds like she shows some clear add-in like tendancies--- and, lucky for you, she's old enough to articulate how she feels. but it also sounds like you are jumping the gun re:medications....i'm NOT getting the sense you have the results of the connors survey or the computerized testing yet. hopefully both will come back as undeniably clearcut one way or the other for her. i'd see what happens with the two before stressing over the medication decision. and, as others have pointed out, she's [I]not[/I] your DD25....but i certainly get your apprehension! [/QUOTE]
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