If putting your child on medication to help with their ADHD symptoms, you might be unintentionally interrupting THEIR way of maturing and that maybe it is doing more harm than good?? Maybe they will eventually adapt and we are making it so that they can't do it without meds?
Maybe I just think to much!!! But I would like to hear what other people think!!
Sometimes I think that......Thatis probably the reason that I reduce her meds as much as possible on vacations or days off school
Somedays I think to much.......others I don't think enough
You sound exactly like me!lol I reduce my sons meds on vacations and days off school as well.
Some days my brain can be my worst enemy!!
If my sons didn't have to focus to learn or retain anything I'd wonder about that more but they need it to focus and continue to achieve in school. I tried doing the no meds thing for years since I was adamantly opposed to using drugs but I can see the difference. Not only in their behavior but with everything. Their self esteem suffers when they're not on meds because of various things like forgetting things all the time, having people tell them "you're not listening" "pay attention" "why don't you listen to me?"
I do take them off in the summer, my oldest is ADD so the inattentiveness at home isn't much of an issue but he'd be a D/F student without his meds and my ADHD son really suffers badly. He cannot sit still in school and is impulsive at times so I do wonder BUT at the time time I know overall it's for the best. :)
Cindy - when it's truly ADHD - then it isn't going to MATURE them - it will STUNT their growth!!
When I was a young child - the ADHD kept me from making friends (how much of the hyper, scatterbrained clumsy behavior can even a child take?), from doing as well as others at school. I couldn't tie my shoes, whistle, walk 10 feet without bleeding, scraping or otherwise damaging myself. I would be in the corner for interrupting, not doing work or any of the many other things that get you there.
I had "If he only applied himself" on every report card from grade 1 to high school. I failed ART for c**st sake! Friends were rare and special things, going to school social events was torture. Communication was always awkward and embarrasing.
If that's growing - I would rather have been stunted personally.
Anyway that's the view from the kid in me that remembers the wonders of childhood severe ADHD.
I think about that all the time, that's another reason why we took him to the Neuro dr. to get another diagnosis..... I need to be sure what exactly he has.