opinions on medication?

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opinions on medication?
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Mon, 10-30-2006 - 11:58am
I'm going back and forth on this one - I'm a little reluctant to medicate kids anyway, and my so is very much against it. However, his counsellor thinks we should be looking at it as a possibility, since he's having a really hard time right now in a few areas. "snapshot" - he's ADHD, has Post Traumatic Stress, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and some degree of depression. He was medicated for ADHD when he was 10, and that really seemed to help - but hasn't been medicated since. His counsellor thinks that the root of his behaviour is actually the anxiety, and THAT is what we should be medicating for. Obviously, the decision is going to have to be made in consulation with a child psychiatrist, and the counsellor is getting us a referral, but I'm wondering what other parents think. And any ideas for how to get him to buy into trying this since he is so adamantly opposed??

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 3:55pm
I haven't got a clue where that might end up - I joined years ago with a different email address. Can you resend to uhlmann@telusplanet.net?


Edited 11/1/2006 5:01 pm ET by mom2morgan
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 11-02-2006 - 8:46am
okay - done

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