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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children?

heids

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Posted: 31 Mar 2011, 11:57 am

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bjcirceleb- You stated, "There are HUNDREDS of presecriptions written every year for infants under the age of 12 months for antidepressents, not to mention other psychactive drugs." I have not heard that statistic. Can you please direct me to that source? Also, "yes the good old labotomony still ex...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Asperger's, Anxiety Disorder, and ADHD

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Posted: 30 Mar 2011, 10:34 am

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I just want to share... today has been a GREAT day!! !! I had ordered some coloring books from Amazon, as coloring seems to work well for him as a destressor. I found some that touch his special interests, like Knights and Armor, and George Washington, and even a Vincent Van Gogh! He was really exc...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children?

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Posted: 30 Mar 2011, 10:22 am

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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children?

heids

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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 2:32 pm

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Well, I was put on ritalin when I was three and traded that out with adderall and celexa when I was sixteen. I've been off the celexa for 9 months now. I'm guessing it's because mom liked how I behaved when I was medicated. I was well-behaved, not as loud or weird, almost normal. I was the daughter...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children?

heids

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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 12:47 pm

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I just wanted to ask how many medicated children are due to school problems? I mean if some parents medicate children only for school time then I would say that schooling is a problem not childs behavior. You have a great point. I do think the schools could probably do more. In our case, his teache...

Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children?

heids

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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 10:34 am

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I am a parent to a child with AS and another child with ADHD. Our child with AS is not on medications. Our child with ADHD is and has been since he was 7. We tried everything holistic we could think of to help him. When he told me one night that his brain felt like a pinball machine, I felt as his p...

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