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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 184494" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Stimulants are definitely not for all kids. Frankly, I hear more "they made him worse" than "they help" maybe because parents who come here have very extreme kids who often are diagnosed wrong--so the stimulants just make them worse. Firesetting can be a symptom of bipolar OR a symptom of autistic spectrum disorder because some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are fascinated by fire (my son went through this stage and he is not bipolar). And, yes, stimulants can make kids even more impulsive and hyper, even psychotic. in my opinion they throw stims at kids way too fast without considering that the kids may not have ADHD and that stimulants are, um, speed...duh. That can cause even more raging as the poor kids cycling up and down with the speed. I know how it can feel since I took Ritalin. Can we say up, up, up and boom...depression. I can't speak for anyone but me, but they made me 10X worse and soooooo depressed once I crashed. Make sure he really has ADHD!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 184494, member: 1550"] Stimulants are definitely not for all kids. Frankly, I hear more "they made him worse" than "they help" maybe because parents who come here have very extreme kids who often are diagnosed wrong--so the stimulants just make them worse. Firesetting can be a symptom of bipolar OR a symptom of autistic spectrum disorder because some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are fascinated by fire (my son went through this stage and he is not bipolar). And, yes, stimulants can make kids even more impulsive and hyper, even psychotic. in my opinion they throw stims at kids way too fast without considering that the kids may not have ADHD and that stimulants are, um, speed...duh. That can cause even more raging as the poor kids cycling up and down with the speed. I know how it can feel since I took Ritalin. Can we say up, up, up and boom...depression. I can't speak for anyone but me, but they made me 10X worse and soooooo depressed once I crashed. Make sure he really has ADHD! [/QUOTE]
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