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Just left school after a battle to get him to take medications. I cannot keep doing this.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 485097" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>As one who has taken almost every medication under the sun, when a new medication has been introduced and the behavior deteriorates at the same time or shortly after, I always look to the medication first and see if the child is better off of it. I would ask psychiatrist to see if he can wean him off of it and see if things improve. If not, you can always put him back on it, but Ritalin made me fly high as a kite then I crashed like a plane and was so depressed for months and months afterward. Maybe your child doesn't want to take it because he doesn't like the way it makes him feel. I've had plenty of medications that made me worse than my problems did. I'm not a fan of adding medications until you try to remove the offending medication. My motto is "The less medications, the better." I do need to take medications, but I keep them limited to two. I am VERY medication sensitive. Is he doing better on the medications, is he doing the same or worse?</p><p></p><p>My son, who is on the autism spectrum, got mean and aggressive on every single medication given to him. Who diagnosed your child? Are you satisfied that the issue is ADHD and not something else too? Many of our kids are wrongly diagnosed or, frankly, the psychiatrists have no real idea what is going on and are just taking guesses. If your child is on the wrong medications, consequences likely won't help change his behavior or make him any happier or more productive. been there done that...unfortunately. Many times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 485097, member: 1550"] As one who has taken almost every medication under the sun, when a new medication has been introduced and the behavior deteriorates at the same time or shortly after, I always look to the medication first and see if the child is better off of it. I would ask psychiatrist to see if he can wean him off of it and see if things improve. If not, you can always put him back on it, but Ritalin made me fly high as a kite then I crashed like a plane and was so depressed for months and months afterward. Maybe your child doesn't want to take it because he doesn't like the way it makes him feel. I've had plenty of medications that made me worse than my problems did. I'm not a fan of adding medications until you try to remove the offending medication. My motto is "The less medications, the better." I do need to take medications, but I keep them limited to two. I am VERY medication sensitive. Is he doing better on the medications, is he doing the same or worse? My son, who is on the autism spectrum, got mean and aggressive on every single medication given to him. Who diagnosed your child? Are you satisfied that the issue is ADHD and not something else too? Many of our kids are wrongly diagnosed or, frankly, the psychiatrists have no real idea what is going on and are just taking guesses. If your child is on the wrong medications, consequences likely won't help change his behavior or make him any happier or more productive. been there done that...unfortunately. Many times. [/QUOTE]
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