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 :-)