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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 540174" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Malinka,</p><p></p><p>I understand the fear of drugs. I think most of start there. I have to say that none of them has really altered personality in any fundamental way. The stims can be tried at various dosages. Sometimes it takes a little while to dial in the correct dosage. The thing is, particularly with the stims, you will know pretty fast if it really isn't right. Like in less than a week. And if you don't like it you can stop it, and there will be no lasting side effect. I think sometimes it is tried for autistic or bipolar children with some negative results, but you don't seem to be dealing with that. It is possible to give a higher dosage than is needed and what you would see would be a hyperfocused child probably. </p><p></p><p>All I can say is that none of the medication trials we did did I ever feel that I had "lost" my kids. </p><p></p><p>But as I said there are more advanced forms than Ritalin that release slowly into the bloodstream and have less rebound effects if you go that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 540174, member: 2322"] Malinka, I understand the fear of drugs. I think most of start there. I have to say that none of them has really altered personality in any fundamental way. The stims can be tried at various dosages. Sometimes it takes a little while to dial in the correct dosage. The thing is, particularly with the stims, you will know pretty fast if it really isn't right. Like in less than a week. And if you don't like it you can stop it, and there will be no lasting side effect. I think sometimes it is tried for autistic or bipolar children with some negative results, but you don't seem to be dealing with that. It is possible to give a higher dosage than is needed and what you would see would be a hyperfocused child probably. All I can say is that none of the medication trials we did did I ever feel that I had "lost" my kids. But as I said there are more advanced forms than Ritalin that release slowly into the bloodstream and have less rebound effects if you go that way. [/QUOTE]
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