Help with a child in school.

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I'm glad the meds worked for you. I am very hesitant about any kind of regular medication for teenagers. There are just sooo many examples of kids who have been prescribed into numbness and psychotic behavior. At a minimum, the drugs do not allow for the young person to develop natural coping skills to normal stress in life.

I would never say never about good medical/pharmaceutical care, but I would urge caution at an age where the human brain is doing a great deal of growing and developing.


Not a criticism, just my $.02

Absolutely true! I only used them on days that I knew i needed some extra help/focus. The issue here is recognizing that there is a problem and working towards an effective treatment and finding a solution that works for that person vs grounding someone from electronic devices. there may very well be a way to fix it without drugs, I am more productive at certain times of the day such as late evening/early night, some times forcing someone into a schedule such as "you are doing homework at 4:30 sharp" is counter productive.

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