Should kids (or anyone) be prescribed ADD or ADHD meds?
And please, feel free to express your personal experiences with (or without) it.
26-30, M
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RubySoo · 56-60, F
I work with kids. Ive seen both sides of the coin. Ive seen children who are genuine cases not medicated and who....altnough are really hard work and often disruptive in a classroom do well with plenty of support. But if course they dont get required support ( officially) without a diagnosis....and many are not diagnoised. Ive know kids who are medicated become lethargic as a result of being medicated...it completely changes them.. not always for the better. I know kids( medicated kids) who can arrive at school and within minutes of arriving staff can tell instantly theyve forgotten to take their meds. Then theres those who it indeniably works well for. One child i supported a couple of yrs ago....once his meds were balanced...he was able to focus and he began to shine at school.
We also see in the education system dozens of parents pushing to get diagnosis for their kids...often kids we as teaching staff dont see as being ADD or ADHD. Its worth noting....families on benefits get extra money for these kids.
In genuine cases the correct medication can work wonders. But...it has to be taken correctly...exactly te ssme time every day.....and in my experience....many parents dont ensure this happens. So......
We also see in the education system dozens of parents pushing to get diagnosis for their kids...often kids we as teaching staff dont see as being ADD or ADHD. Its worth noting....families on benefits get extra money for these kids.
In genuine cases the correct medication can work wonders. But...it has to be taken correctly...exactly te ssme time every day.....and in my experience....many parents dont ensure this happens. So......
Winterwanderer · 26-30, M
Exactly the kind of response I was looKing for! Yeah, I was, I believe, accurately diagnosed as having ADHD as a child, I was pretty unruly, & even now I find it difficult to do many things that other people find it easy to do...
But I never took medication, & I struggle to determine whether it would've been ultimately beneficial for me, as well as how it's really beneficial for those others who use it.
I see some of my friends with ADHD who've taken the route of medication, & I can see pretty clearly how it has & how it currently affects them, I often find people don't develope self control or patience on their own, & when they are off their medication they lose their ability completely to focus on much for long, or in depth.
But yet, I feel like, if I took it, it would split me in half, yet both sides would be unlike who I am now, one would be lethargic & somewhat aloof, while the other would be distant in a different way, unable to remain in the present moment for lack of control.
But I feel I don't have much control as it is, and would the control I gain from medication be worth the control I would lose in becoming dependant upon it?
I don't know, there aren't many good, specific answers I've receive.
But I never took medication, & I struggle to determine whether it would've been ultimately beneficial for me, as well as how it's really beneficial for those others who use it.
I see some of my friends with ADHD who've taken the route of medication, & I can see pretty clearly how it has & how it currently affects them, I often find people don't develope self control or patience on their own, & when they are off their medication they lose their ability completely to focus on much for long, or in depth.
But yet, I feel like, if I took it, it would split me in half, yet both sides would be unlike who I am now, one would be lethargic & somewhat aloof, while the other would be distant in a different way, unable to remain in the present moment for lack of control.
But I feel I don't have much control as it is, and would the control I gain from medication be worth the control I would lose in becoming dependant upon it?
I don't know, there aren't many good, specific answers I've receive.