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Yes, what isn’t right is that it’s an upper class private middle school full of wealthy parents with access to psychiatrists who are financially motivated to provide a fashionable diagnosis.
It’s also a way to get extra time (accommodations) on standardized tests (time and a half or even double time) which further widens the success gap between rich and poor students.
A prescription for Ritalin /Adderall would probably help too
I know a 5 year old that the teachers at her private school complained that they were spending to much time talking to other children instead of doing school work so the teachers recommended that she be put on medication.
Now apparently she just has horrible night terrors that has her rip at her skin each night but she's much more calm now... Anyways the teacher ended up hitting her and the 5 year old got expelled for being a nuisance anyways.
This…doesn’t make much sense. Teacher struck the child and the child got expelled? Where do the night terrors come in? This sounds very little like ADHD.
The night terrors came after starting the medication.
But also yeah, some real bullshit with the school and the teacher. The only thing on record was that she was obstinent and difficult to deal with. Due to multiple issues with apparently that she was expelled. But afterwards her friends came forward to ask if it was about her being hit that she wasnt in class anymore.
Its honestly bad all around.
ADHD meds absolutely can cause bad dreams in kids, I don’t know about bad enough to “tear at skin”, that’s outside my knowledge area. We had to get a different script for a family member because of scary dreams and racing heart, difficulty sleeping, even after adjusting dosage. It was doing more harm than good. After the med swap it got way, way better.
Yeah, the parents were warned about the night terrors and supposedly hanging outside the room to be there to cuddle her as soon as she starts screaming is enough to subside them and get her back to bed but jeeze that is a horrible symptom to be ok with or even struggle through. Flailing and scratching, if it leaves marks I would call that instastop bad.
I am on the side of med swap but they supposedly like the results of the medication otherwise which I feel is not worth it.
Oh no, she's got the bugs. If you're on the wrong dose, or that particular stimulant doesn't work well for you, it can start to feel like you've got bugs crawling under your skin.
Oh... Ew.
She was never able to voice the issue just said it was scary so.. Thank you.
I spent a number of years doing care for developmentally disabled adults, and saw it there. It's a terrifying situation to be in, and I hope they can get it figured out for her!
No, that isn’t worth it. That’s just wrong and f’d up putting your kid through that. Damn, just get a different script. Odds are another will do the job.
Yup, but being a parent doesnt make you know things and "the doctor said we should expect this" makes apparently people (at least these ones close to me) complacent to the harm. I am just against the suffering and it makes me upset. While I know this isn't a likely common story its one that is close to home and happening so... Yeah. I dunno. It does at least once. I am happy you are on the right side of empathy to try again with something new to help someone. There should never be 1 answer only and it feels wrong to just accept it.
I dunno this is such a failure of people with authority in my case but authority figure doesnt mean all knowing. And I have no authority to make it stop.
Glad to know that because of this one totally believable piece of anecdata, ADHD doesn't fucking exist.
Because it is not a disorder if our lives were not a prison, but here we are. Even the rejection issues wouldn't be there if we were not beaten half to death for being a healthy kid told to sit for 8 hours. Maybe the anxiety and depression all come from that.
Go deny science somewhere else
That wasnt stated. You are not responding to me but your own internal issues with other conversations
Vanity diagnosis.