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RE: #steemiteducation -- ADHD -- Tips for parents and teachers.
Not in our case. We tried everything with Jess, i even started the diet, poor thing couldn't have anything nice. Medication worked for Jess, she chose when she wanted to stop taking them. When she wasnt taking meds no one would play with her on medication she had a life. Now she is grown up she is handling her problems a lot better. The Medication doesn't make them high it gives them focus.
I'm glad the meds worked for you. I've seen it 'work' for a lot of kids as well in that it made them stop acting out, but they were just zombies.
And once they stopped causing problems, that was the end of it. They were left to fend for themselves.
I've also seen what can work of they get looked after by someone who understands what's going on in their heads (me). They do really well, (most of the time).
Sometimes you need the drugs to get them started, and then a helping hand to teach them how to cope with a world that just isn't working for them.
I've seen a lot of kids get stuck on the medication i.e. they will be taking meds for the rest of their lives, with no other attempt to solve the problem.
And in that, they are drug addicts. Without the drugs they can't cope at all. They become dependent on them.
And that's a tragedy.
I'm very glad things worked out for you though :-)
I have seen it from both ends, we didn;t give her meds on weekends pr holidays, we let her be herself even though those times nearly killed me lol
oh man @trevor.george can you help adults too? I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and man does it make adulting HARD. I don't take meds
I can try ;-)
It's different for everyone and everyone needs to handle it differently.
If you like, message me on steemit chat @trevor,george and we can talk things though a bit and see what I can do to help you.