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Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids
      12/10/03 08:29 PM

I agree that no parent should be forced to medicate their children. However, if you are not the parent of a child or children with ADD/ADHD, you really cannot see the miracle these drugs have given children who truly do suffer from this medical "disease."

My kids were doing very poorly in school, being ostracized by teachers and other kids because of their restlessness, inability to concentrate and poor marks. The medication completely reversed the problems my children had in school.

Is it worth it to have my child on medication that is potentially addictive, is controlled by the DEA, and is a stimulant? ABSOLUTELY. My children now excel in school, have many friends and are very pleasant to be around. My kids were aged 6 when diagnosed and not medicated for a year afterward (after trying alternate treatments.) They exhibit no withdrawal symptoms when they go days or weeks at a time without the meds, they do not suffer the typical side effects a non-ADD person would experience while taking an amphetamine (insomnia, loss of appetite, chatting constantly, etc.)

If you are on this board, you are medicating for a MEDICAL PROBLEM. Withhold blanket statements and inflammatory postings for someone who feels guilty for medicating a child with a documentable condition. I am quite content in my decision as an intelligent, INFORMED parent. If you read the original post, you would have seen that I asked people to avoid moral debates on this issue. I'm quite OK in my own skin.

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* Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade 10/02/03 03:25 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids juster9999   12/10/03 06:34 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sweetz   12/10/03 11:49 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids sheenafur   12/11/03 01:31 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   12/11/03 12:24 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sweetz   12/11/03 02:14 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids sheenafur   12/11/03 02:11 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids xenoc   12/11/03 11:58 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   12/10/03 08:29 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids juster9999   12/14/03 05:47 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sweetz   12/18/03 08:59 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids juster9999   12/23/03 05:45 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids yawkaw3   12/24/03 11:38 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sweetz   12/24/03 12:24 PM
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. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   12/15/03 02:42 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   10/04/03 04:36 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sky_Queen   10/03/03 03:53 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Opie_Yates   10/03/03 08:12 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids IMSUSCOT1   10/03/03 03:01 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids whisper   10/02/03 05:47 PM
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. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids yawkaw3   10/02/03 06:42 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   10/02/03 08:50 PM
. * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids jimbo   10/02/03 11:26 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   10/03/03 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids 537   10/03/03 07:29 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids IMSUSCOT1   10/03/03 02:38 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids quincy   10/03/03 11:48 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Opie_Yates   10/03/03 11:58 AM
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. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   10/04/03 04:44 PM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids Sweetz   10/06/03 12:55 AM
. * * Re: Adderall and Ritalin for kids night_shade   10/06/03 06:31 AM
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