Posted by Lorraine on April 16, 2001, at 9:23:44
In reply to New mother dealing with Adderall , posted by Kymber on April 13, 2001, at 10:27:07
I have heard that stimulants stunt children's growth. One mother only had her child take the meds on weekdays and during the school year. This was at a dinner party with a man who was ADD aas a child and now as an adult and a woman who was the mother of an ADD child now an adult. So they may have been wrong--it may be old bad info from the 50's. But you might want to take a look at it.
As for yelling at him before you knew--well, I'm sure you did the best you could do. Setting effective limits for these kids is important and very hard to do. My son was diagnosed with dyslexia and I felt much the same way. The truth is if I took him in for ADD testing, he would have been positive, but I didn't and we have sufferred through the impulsivity, anger control, and inflexibility issue without meds. We sent him to therapy for 3 years (starting at 8) to learn anger management and impulse control. You are the only one who knows what is right for your child. Trust your instincts, listen to your heart and realize that you did the best you could with the past.
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