It’s OK to try those things for a reasonable time, and if the symptoms are more manageable, you can declare your child ADHD-free. And if he is impaired, talk therapy or supplements or nutrition or exercise or discipline isn’t going to resolve that. If he does have it, he is either impaired, or not. The problem with this perspective is simple: Your child either has ADHD or he does not. Others fear the Zombie Effect - that stimulants turn playful children and teens into robotic, Stepford Children, overriding their natural personalities. ![]() Some people are just plain upset by the idea that prescribers give kids “speed” and claim that it calms them down. Skeptics ask, “Aren’t we just treating kids for being kids?” or worry that children are too young to make the choice, or will suffer long-term consequences. One of the biggest critiques of medication management for ADHD is reserved for the treatment of minors. Despite this, the popular press still questions the inclusion of medication as equal with therapy, leaving many parents somewhere between bewildered and opposed to using it with their kids.Įvery week, we receive intake requests from young (and not so young) adults who note something like, “My parents knew I had problems in school, but they didn’t believe in diagnosis or medication” or “I was tested in fourth grade and they said I had ADHD, but my parents thought I was just immature.” Others admit, “We knew I had ADHD and I took medication for it until I was 14, but I didn’t like taking it so I stopped.” Each request comes from someone having a really hard time in work, school, or relationships. Integrative ADHD treatment - combining stimulant medication with directive cognitive behavioral therapy - has been accepted as the gold standard of ADHD treatment for decades.
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