Posted by headachequeen on November 20, 2004, at 9:47:57
In reply to Re: Son called Dude, posted by sunny10 on November 20, 2004, at 9:38:52
> Son was switched to Adderall, but I'm still not happy about it. The Adderall tapped into his innate depression, bringing it to the fore early, IMO.
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> So, at 13, he is on Adderall and Zoloft.... I just feel lke we are over-medicating him, but schools here refuse to deal with "over-active children". If I "put my foot down" and refuse to medicate him, I have to be prepared to send him to private school, which I can't afford...
Having been a teacher in a former incarnation I have to say that I find that unacceptable...
I have taught ADD and ADHD children in the days before they were identified and labelled...
and it was just a case of a child who was more challenging...
one had to find a way to handle this child, to find a way to interest him in what was going on in the classroom, to create a way to teach him or her and create a learning environment that worked for that child...
well, that was where the men and the boys were separated...
the real teachers stood up and the wannabes fell by the wayside
frankly I preferred teaching the difficult children -- felt I was accomplishing somethingLittle Goodie-Two-Shoes was a howling bore and who wanted to teach that child anyway?
kat
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