ADHD - "The Conversation"

[Psykhronic]

Yeah, Apergers, from my understanding, is not responsive to meds. It really sucks too how the psychiatric community had very little understanding of such problems until recently. I'm glad for your son though, seems like he has good support and is managing just fine living on his own :3

[KichigaiNeko]

Yeah, Apergers, from my understanding, is not responsive to meds. It really sucks too how the psychiatric community had very little understanding of such problems until recently. I'm glad for your son though, seems like he has good support and is managing just fine living on his own :3

This is what I understood from the ABC- Doco http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/0612063

It's a combination of parenting, discipline, LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, and support and these kids can make it. Mind you my baby boy is only mild (High functioning Autism)

What I am after is feedback from those of you, from different countries, who are actually going through this treatment and how you are going with it. The biggest problem I found was that the medicos didn't actually ASK the patient how they felt about the drugs.

Good to see from the above doco that at least these medicos do ask the kids how they feel.

[Psykhronic]

I'm kinda skewed on this discussion since medication is not optional for me. If I want a clear head, a solid reality, and no voices booming from every direction in my head I have to take my anti-psychotic. And if I want to have a decently-rounded, responsive mood that does not flatline too much nor turn to depression then I need my zoloft.

But doctors are starting to, at least from what I have seen in my state, abandon immediately putting kids on meds when it comes to things like ADHD. One of my nephews may have the disorder and his primary care as well as the psychologist currently testing him have no desire to put him on meds. I think it's slowly getting to the point where they let kids decide for themselves when they reach a certain age.

[KichigaiNeko]

That IS encouraging Psykhronic

[Psykhronic]

Yeah - psychiatry takes a while to learn, but it'll get there eventually Kichi

Fun fact: I was misdiagnosed as ADHD and put on adderall a couple years ago. My current diagnosis is Psychosis NOS and Depressive Disorder NOS. You can imagine the results of taking adderall, and somehow I got my hands on ritalin and straterra afterwards. I was asked how I feel about meds before I tried them though, and I genuinely wanted to try SOMETHING to straighten out my mindset. Did not quite work out that way. To be fair to everyone involved, on the outside my symptoms looked a shitton like ADHD.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Try the link regarding five children aged 5 - 11 and a team of a Paediatrician, Psychologist and child Behavioural Scientist try to work out stratagigies for four families. Yep One Family has TWO kids that could be diagnosed with ADHD.

First time I have ever encountered the ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder) as a diagnosis.

Still no answer as to just WHY these kids are presenting with these issues. Very distressing for parents and kids alike. My own son was first prescribed Ritalin then Oxy - can't remember the rest...... both he rejected as they made him depressed and suicidal. The question still goes begging...WHY are these kids presenting with these difficulties?

Wait, Oxycodone for ADHD? What the royal fuck?

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Yeah, Apergers, from my understanding, is not responsive to meds. It really sucks too how the psychiatric community had very little understanding of such problems until recently. I'm glad for your son though, seems like he has good support and is managing just fine living on his own :3

This is what I understood from the ABC- Doco http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/0612063

It's a combination of parenting, discipline, LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, and support and these kids can make it. Mind you my baby boy is only mild (High functioning Autism)

What I am after is feedback from those of you, from different countries, who are actually going through this treatment and how you are going with it. The biggest problem I found was that the medicos didn't actually ASK the patient how they felt about the drugs.

Good to see from the above doco that at least these medicos do ask the kids how they feel.

Yeah, it says it's not available outside Australia.

[KichigaiNeko]

Dexyamphetamine. Sorry.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Dexyamphetamine. Sorry.

Okay, that makes sense.

Oh, check this shit out. My grandmother, who has been suicidal since 1989, as well as an alcoholic and addicted to prescription drugs, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Adderall. She's already on drugs that are so strong they completely zombify her. It's ridiculous.

[KichigaiNeko]

Dexyamphetamine. Sorry.

Okay, that makes sense.

Oh, check this shit out. My grandmother, who has been suicidal since 1989, as well as an alcoholic and addicted to prescription drugs, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Adderall. She's already on drugs that are so strong they completely zombify her. It's ridiculous.

Good grief! I have a hard time remembering what my son was taking over 15 years ago. Your poor grandmother.

I sometimes think that doctors are a problem.