Reply #8: Thank You!

[Ilsa]

I appreciate you backing me up on this. People freak out when I show them my son's medbox, or tell them that his meds are like a typical housepayment before insurance. They don't understand that we wouldn't be able to live with him, and he wouldn't be able to concentrate and learn, or even get good sleep, if it wasn't for these meds.

Several years ago he was 6 years, 8 months old. I begged his psychiatrist for a trial of Strattera because Adderall and Ritalin didn't work for him. She agreed, but only becasue he is so much alrger than typical for his age, and his 7th birthday was jsut around the corner. Within five days I wasn't having to clean poop out of his underwear any more (usually 2-3 times a day). It was such a sugnificant change that it felt like someone had given me uppers. His focus improved immensely.

Granted, I know some people medicate their kids so they don't have to teach them how to behave, but we weren't able to teach him how to behave until he had the meds.