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What kid, or adult, enjoys taking pills?
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I enjoy taking my pills b/c if I don't you probably wouldn't want to be around me.
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Regardless, I still think its wrong for about 99% of children out there. Whats wrong with coaching our kids through this? Explain to them that there isnt anything wrong with them, that they are just different like everyone else. Life is a struggle no matter what condition you have. Why do all school aged children all have to fit into the same jello mold? EVERYBODY is different and everybody learns different. A child should feel special about they way they were born. There are a lot of good qualities in ADD children. Helping them to understand that their attention span is a little shorter than most and their activity level is higher. There are ways of coping. Let them tire themselves out. And yes, they will deal with addiction later on in life, they will find it hard to start the day. Have you ever asked a child if they would rather not take their pills? I would love to find one child who prefers taking their pills and why. All the children I have seen, my husband included, HATED those pills with a passion. In the lond run I think they will do more harm than good.(to children) All the mothers who disagree, in ten years I would love to hear if you still would have done exactly the same thing.
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First of all, ADD/ADHD is a
mental disorder and to be frank, if you have a mental disorder you are quite different from others. Of course life is a struggle no matter what but when you throw a mental disorder into the mix, there is more of a struggle. I would know since I was not properly diagnosed until college, but due to having a higher intelligence then most of my class, the teachers never really said anything about my inability to focus or sit still for 5 frackin mins. I ponder sometimes if I was diagnosed earlier, would I have been able to achieve more in my life. But since there's no do-over button I will never know. My husband also has ADD (which is worse than mine) and he's been on medication since he was 12. He does not have any problems with addiction to stimulants and quite frequently forgets to take them.
Addiction can be caused by many things, including
how the child was raised. If the child was raised in a house hold where a parent has some kind of addiction problem, most likely the child will pick up that habit too. There has been plenty of research about how certain mental disorders (which includes alcholism) are genetic, and some addictions can be the same way. It all depends on how the brain is wired.
IMO, if your going to use a blanket statement, such as 99% of children don't need stimulant medication for their ADD/ADHD, you should have research to back it up. It shouldn't be just based on your beliefs, since most people's beliefs are biased.
Whatever works for your children is fine, and it is good that you shared how you are dealing with your children being ADD/ADHD, but don't expect for everyone to share your same views.