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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 485461"><p>I've seen both ways - kids given it that didn't need it, and kids that needed it that didn't get it. Kiddo's first pediatrician (I miss her!) would ask sometimes if I thought Kiddo was too active. Kiddo was about two, and I said at this age she's supposed to run me into the ground and be very active. pediatrician was happy to hear that, she'd had parents wanting ADHD stuff for their kids (or maybe themselves?) simply because they couldn't keep up with a normally active child.</p><p></p><p>Was that my first warning sign for Kiddo? I don't think so. Kids that age should be bouncy and active, she certainly wasn't aggressive back then, or even whiny. Just active, precocious, extremely intelligent. Everything you'd want from a kid at that age except housebroken.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there's any generalization about medicating difficult child's that would be completely correct - or even completely wrong. Landing on the correct diagnosis and ways (medications and non-medications) to help the difficult child and getting the cooperation of all professionals that you need (I'm eyeballing YOU, you unhelpful SDs/psychiatrists/public agencies/etc., you know who you are) in time to provide the most help that are the biggest hurdles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 485461"] I've seen both ways - kids given it that didn't need it, and kids that needed it that didn't get it. Kiddo's first pediatrician (I miss her!) would ask sometimes if I thought Kiddo was too active. Kiddo was about two, and I said at this age she's supposed to run me into the ground and be very active. pediatrician was happy to hear that, she'd had parents wanting ADHD stuff for their kids (or maybe themselves?) simply because they couldn't keep up with a normally active child. Was that my first warning sign for Kiddo? I don't think so. Kids that age should be bouncy and active, she certainly wasn't aggressive back then, or even whiny. Just active, precocious, extremely intelligent. Everything you'd want from a kid at that age except housebroken. I don't think there's any generalization about medicating difficult child's that would be completely correct - or even completely wrong. Landing on the correct diagnosis and ways (medications and non-medications) to help the difficult child and getting the cooperation of all professionals that you need (I'm eyeballing YOU, you unhelpful SDs/psychiatrists/public agencies/etc., you know who you are) in time to provide the most help that are the biggest hurdles. [/QUOTE]
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