badkat

It is a VERY stuff decision to med or not to med. I guess it is up to you. My husband and I didn't want to med our son either. Unfortunately, where we live we don't have a whole lot of choices for schooling. The way we went: We sought out a doctor that deals with behavioral issues and learned sooo much about ADD/ADHD. As your child, our child is Very smart - very common in these types of children. Maybe almost too smart! They need more stimulation, need to be challenged more. Our doctor even helped give my childs teacher more information and sent her techniques for helping my child in the class room, it didn't work. Other kids and parents started to label my child as "bad behaved" Sad but true in the society we live. {this was k-garten} Finally we gave in and started witht he meds. and WOW what a difference it had made in our child. He is not dopey or druggy acting (our main concern), but his self-esteem Jumped!! and in the class he is able to stay on task, get his work done, neatly!!! without all his little sound effects and restlessness he had before and without little comments he would make before. We sought help thru 3 different doctors. We started at a physcologist @ a counceling center, then family doctor finally with a third opionion with a doctor that deals in behaviorial issues and all the answers being the same we finally started on meds. My advice: Get as much information as you can, try everything then realize meds are not all that bad. One of the doctors said: "If you child seems drugged and out of it, he is over medicated" His doctors monitor his health and frequently get reports from his teachers and us on his progress. - Hang in there - it is tough but your not alone!!!