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Originally posted by Galadria:
I, as a pediatrician, am interested to read the postings on this thread. It pretty much sums up a lot of the misinformation that I hear when parents bring in their children, usually at the insistence of the school, but not always. First of all, I do not diagnose ADHD, I see them and refer them to a child psychologist that I know and trust, and only when she gives me the diagnosis of ADHD do I put them on Ritalin or Adderall. It is truly amazing how the children change, and how some of them fear being off of the medication and "getting into trouble" again. I just this year took twin girls off of Ritalin for the final time as they graduated from college, and they were still nervous about being off. They are doing well, though, and I got an invitation to one of their wedding this week. You do not see these kids when they come in the office with their anguished parents, who often have tried literrally every thing else, first. Yes, I do have some harassed mothers who bring in their five-year olds, but I send them packing. It does have its uses, though doubtless it is sometimes misdiagnosed.
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Thanks for the info Galadria [img]smile.gif[/img] I do not doubt that there are some children that do indeed suffer these types of problems. Unfortunately, I live in a rather...ummm economicly challenged neighborhood (long story, but it is letting me get back into a house quicker) and the two parents that i've been observing (and their kids) that prompted me to start the thread have me convinced that at least in these two cases it is just a matter of bad parenting. Im glad (but not surprised) to hear that you do indeed send the "harrassed" mothers "packing" [img]smile.gif[/img]