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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 461848" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>FWIW, we started both difficult children at age 5 on a stimulant for ADHD -- it was the spring/summer before kindergarten. And they were DEFINITELY symptomatic starting around age 3.5. It helped them both quite a bit. I don't know if we could have gotten through the early elementary years without a lot more drama without it.</p><p></p><p>Now, my difficult child 2 went on to develop BiPolar (BP). But the stimulant did help him a lot for several years, and in hindsight, I don't know that I would do anything differently. Once the BiPolar (BP) symptoms began to appear, the stimulant stopped working. With respect to that situation, knowing what I know now, I would have pushed for a reassessment at that time, rather than believing it was just the medication that had pooped out. There was a REASON it had stopped working, and we just weren't quick enough to realize it.</p><p></p><p>If there are other issues, especially those that you point out, it makes more sense to get a thorough evaluation before starting to throw medications at the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 461848, member: 3444"] FWIW, we started both difficult children at age 5 on a stimulant for ADHD -- it was the spring/summer before kindergarten. And they were DEFINITELY symptomatic starting around age 3.5. It helped them both quite a bit. I don't know if we could have gotten through the early elementary years without a lot more drama without it. Now, my difficult child 2 went on to develop BiPolar (BP). But the stimulant did help him a lot for several years, and in hindsight, I don't know that I would do anything differently. Once the BiPolar (BP) symptoms began to appear, the stimulant stopped working. With respect to that situation, knowing what I know now, I would have pushed for a reassessment at that time, rather than believing it was just the medication that had pooped out. There was a REASON it had stopped working, and we just weren't quick enough to realize it. If there are other issues, especially those that you point out, it makes more sense to get a thorough evaluation before starting to throw medications at the problem. [/QUOTE]
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