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Medicating Part-time vs full-time???
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 73282" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>My feeling on this is that you do it or you don't. For two reasons. </p><p></p><p>First, and most simplistically, either they need medications or they don't. Sometimes they need medications to make strides and then they don't. Period. But they don't need to be doped up for school but not at home. If it's working, why stop? </p><p></p><p>Secondly, if they are on medications and it's working, when you take them off then put them back on again, you have that whole adjustment to medications, off medications, then back on again. And there's no guarantee that it will work the second time the way that it did the first. Oftentimes, it won't.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that medications are a panacea. What I'm saying is that if you commit to medications, you commit for the medications and the therapy and the behavioral mods until you know that they don't need medications anymore and can deal with it without. Or you keep them on the medications because you know that they need them now and forever. </p><p></p><p>Like blood pressure or diabetes. You need it or you don't. If you use it like candy, you are disrespecting the medications, and you are disrespecting the disease. </p><p></p><p>Just my humble opinion, but as you can see, I feel pretty strongly about it. I hope you will find a place where you are comfortable with it, too. You can only do what you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 73282, member: 99"] My feeling on this is that you do it or you don't. For two reasons. First, and most simplistically, either they need medications or they don't. Sometimes they need medications to make strides and then they don't. Period. But they don't need to be doped up for school but not at home. If it's working, why stop? Secondly, if they are on medications and it's working, when you take them off then put them back on again, you have that whole adjustment to medications, off medications, then back on again. And there's no guarantee that it will work the second time the way that it did the first. Oftentimes, it won't. I'm not saying that medications are a panacea. What I'm saying is that if you commit to medications, you commit for the medications and the therapy and the behavioral mods until you know that they don't need medications anymore and can deal with it without. Or you keep them on the medications because you know that they need them now and forever. Like blood pressure or diabetes. You need it or you don't. If you use it like candy, you are disrespecting the medications, and you are disrespecting the disease. Just my humble opinion, but as you can see, I feel pretty strongly about it. I hope you will find a place where you are comfortable with it, too. You can only do what you can. [/QUOTE]
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