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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 503579" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks for posting that h and r - very interesting. </p><p>I do think there should BE a debate and that this is a very hard decision - I'm sure many would agree with me - to make. If ever I got to a point where it seemed like J just couldn't function in his life as it is, what then? I'm not totally closed to the idea of him taking medications, by any means, but I also know that I would definitely prefer for him not to if we can get round it. At the same time... they said on this programme last night that 95 per cent of ADHD children being treated by a big university hospital in a city here were taking Ritalin. 95 per cent - that's enormous. And it is actually unusual here also for officially diagnosed ADHD children NOT to take Ritalin, despite the fact that it is generally poorly viewed to do so... </p><p>I do not feel there should be a closed position on this, for or against. I feel we should be free to express what is on our hearts and minds in regard to what is such a difficult subject. I do feel scared of turning J into a zombie; having lived with his hyperactivity for five years, it seems to me part of who he is... if he were suddenly calm and placid, it would feel... so odd. I would feel guilty. Does that make any sense? </p><p>Please note: I am NOT, repeat NOT, saying that I "disagree" with the use of Ritalin per se...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 503579, member: 11227"] Thanks for posting that h and r - very interesting. I do think there should BE a debate and that this is a very hard decision - I'm sure many would agree with me - to make. If ever I got to a point where it seemed like J just couldn't function in his life as it is, what then? I'm not totally closed to the idea of him taking medications, by any means, but I also know that I would definitely prefer for him not to if we can get round it. At the same time... they said on this programme last night that 95 per cent of ADHD children being treated by a big university hospital in a city here were taking Ritalin. 95 per cent - that's enormous. And it is actually unusual here also for officially diagnosed ADHD children NOT to take Ritalin, despite the fact that it is generally poorly viewed to do so... I do not feel there should be a closed position on this, for or against. I feel we should be free to express what is on our hearts and minds in regard to what is such a difficult subject. I do feel scared of turning J into a zombie; having lived with his hyperactivity for five years, it seems to me part of who he is... if he were suddenly calm and placid, it would feel... so odd. I would feel guilty. Does that make any sense? Please note: I am NOT, repeat NOT, saying that I "disagree" with the use of Ritalin per se... [/QUOTE]
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