Medication for Activity

After 10 years and four step fathers, why does "dad" care now? Thank Heaven for you grandma. :)

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I know lots of people feel strongly about not medicating, but this child needs some peace and stability. If medication helps him get there, it is not a life sentence. For what he's been through, how could he not be suffering from anxiety and depression? Therapy is great, but takes time. He has suffered long enough. I support a combination of medication (when appropriate) and therapy. No amount of therapy was going to help my daughter, until she was properly medicated (and she's only had two parents).

It is inexcusable for anyone to treat your son the way they did, but picture a man (or four) with no coping skills trying to parent a hyperactive child, who isn't even his. Everyone has a story. I imagine this poor sweet kid was a bit hyperactive, and was parented by dysfunctional people who didn't understand him, nor have any patience for him. To further stick my nose where it doesn't belong, picture a mother marrying four times? What's happening for her? Self esteem issues, depression, anxiety? 80% of the time when you have AD/HD in a child, you can find it in one of the parents. Untreated AD/HD kids are the ones who grow up with secondary depression, anger, anxiety, and go on to make poor choices. Sound like her?

Keep plugging along! That boy needs you! Good luck...you are in my prayers.

I think medication is the answer if there is a medical diagnosis such as ADD or ADHD. I think kids are often overdiagnosed and medicine isn't really necessary. I am a teacher and a lot of kids would not be able to concentrate enough to be successful in school without the necessary medications.

Part of his behavior is just a boy being a boy, part is not. The answer is probably going to be a combination of therapy and some sense of normalcy in his life, with medication as a last resort. Do you have guardianship or custody? This wouldbe something to consider so he stays in one place for a while.

I'll come at this from a different view- I myself had issues as a child. Couldn't sit still- bad grades. Home wasn't perfect but my single M. did her best. When the school told her to put me on drugs she refused ( she had been on them as a child)All sugar was cut from my meals every morning I had a cup of black coffee ( maybe some milk in it) and it worked! Wasn't nothing magical. It wouldn't hurt to try what ever will help- home remedies or drugs.