Im getting sick of people telling me about new alternative's for ADHD medication
By Ruralchook
@Ruralchook (538)
Australia
January 22, 2007 11:28am CST
I am so sick and tired of having people lecturing me about the new diet or new vitamin they have seen on TV. As if I haven't heard it on TV, read about it or had another 50 odd people tell me the same bull.
Dont these people have a life? Do they realy think they know more about our children than we do? We have the responsibility of them 24/7 and most of these goody too shoes only see us in the street once a month or have heard that our child has ADD/ADHD.
Why dont they leave us alone. Or if they realy want to help, how about they give us a break and babysit for an hour or two so we can have time out.
Its come to the point I tell them not so politely to either "Go find someone else to annoy" or "How about you try the diet/vitamin first then when you've changed your habbits, I'll give it a go"
What do you do? Sit back and say "Oh I'll look into it and give it a go" or "Butt Out" or do you say something else?
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@payingforschool (678)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I get it from my in-laws. They are so opposed to medicating a child, you'd think it was child abuse or something. I read avidly about ADHD, new meds, old meds, alternative meds, alternative therapies. I don't need ther people second guessimg my decisions all the time. I usually do the nod and smile thing - while completely tuing out whatever they are saying.
@Ruralchook (538)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
One of my out-laws is a Herbalist/Natropath, he keeps making these concuctions for my son and sending them too me.
@payingforschool (678)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
Oh good grief. Can you just send them back makred 'return to sender'?
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@Ruralchook (538)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
lol. When they first started sending them to me I'd keep them then hand them all back personally with a not so nice message, but they just keep on sending them anyway.
I wouldn't trust what they put into the concocotions, they believe salt and cordial silver is the cure for everything, so they'd probably used that with a little honey to disquise any tastes.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Three of my four children have adult ADHD. The youngest two were diagnosed when they were in the 6th grade. Meds helped somewhat. They refused to cooperate with the counseling sessions. They stopped taking the meds when they turned 18, but later on they sought out a physician to help them and they are now back on meds. I am not sure if the meds are truely helping them with their ailments. I know they all should have some form of counseling because they need to find ways to help them cope with their problems.
At one point I had a person try to sell me an expensive package involving magnetic therapy. I thought that was funny.
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@Ruralchook (538)
• Australia
14 Mar 07
My ex-sister in law and ex-husband invested in some of those magnets, my son thought they were good to play with. I thought they were a great investment, but a very overpriced toy for my son to play with lol..
• United States
3 Feb 07
I have a child with ADHD, heck I have it myself. Im 24 years old, and Ive had numerous people to "lecture" me on how BAD meds for adhd are. I say let them live in our shoes for just one day, and then after that, they get to babysit both of our kids, then we ask do they believe in meds! I think it really depends on the situation, and the level that the individual is affected on, by his/her adhd. I have tried diet and exercise, and to no avail, they simply do not work for strong symptoms. I do not believe that foods have the ability to repair or medicate a condition like adhd. Sure, they can aid in improvement, but I think meds are the way to go if you want true relief, and when used in conjunction with a proper diet and exercise regimen, you can see results.Adhd is a vast condition, and common people have no right to recommend any regimen, unless they have lived the inconveniences. As for what I tell people, I say mind your own business, and when you can fully appreciate what adhd has to offer, then let me know about diets and vitamins.
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@Ruralchook (538)
• Australia
8 Feb 07
I would prefer my son not to be on medication, but alas I have no option it truly is needed in his situation. But I do plan to have him off them one day, hopefully within the next few years.
Personnaly I believe its a genetic and/or a chemical imbalance. Nobody is to blame, and there are more people with it than whats been made aware of.
The parent or the sufferer truly are the only people who know what its like.
My son constantly gets told how to deal with his adhd as well, its not fair on him, he knows he cant help being slightly different than other kids, and he hates being tormented for it. Fortunately his new school (of six months) actually has inplace a program for the sufferers, they get the 4 kids together once a week to chat about how they feel or any other issue they have with add/adhd. Its a small little social group and its made my son more aware of how he can cope with teasing, being hypo and what it actualy is, he has other kids in the same situation to talk to. The kids all talk freely about this topic and the trained counseller sits back and only discusses topics the kids choose, they realy are learning more than what a specialist could teach as they are teaching themselves by helping each other get through the problems they face.
