Posted by Penny ADDitude community moderator, author on ADHD parenting, mom to teen boy with ADHD, LDs, and autism A Reader Answers Pills don’t teach skills though, so the American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP) recommends a combination of medication and therapy. And my son does well with Concerta or Quillivant, but I know many who cannot tolerate those medications. Adderall and Vyvanse made my son aggressive and quick-tempered and he couldn’t tolerate them, but I know many, many who take those medications very effectively. They work differently for every individual. My advice is to learn all the facts you can about ADHD medication. My son wasn’t crying all the time and began to see that he could succeed sometimes. While medication has been a tough road for us (my son also has autism, although we didn’t know at the time, but that makes him super-sensitive to medications), it turned out to be a life-saver. He often called himself “stupid” and “bad” and didn’t feel like he could do anything right, no matter how hard he tried. We were scared, not knowing enough about it, but we wanted to try it because we wanted to help our son so badly. We and the teacher both had been trying behavior modification but with little improvement, so the doctor advised medication. When my son was finally diagnosed at age 6, he was in first grade - but we had been struggling since the first day of kindergarten. I wasted about 2 years when my son was first diagnosed obsessing about how to “fix it.” Once I finally realized that question has no answer, I began to be effective for my son, because I began to search for tools and strategies that help, instead of just looking to “fix it.” This journey will be easier and shorter if you first accept that you cannot “fix” ADHD. Read on for more answers and insights from parents raising children with ADHD. Clinicians, the AAP adds, may consider prescribing methylphenidate to a preschool-aged child with ADHD if symptoms do not improve under behavior therapy “and there is moderate-to-severe continued disturbance in the 4- through 5-year-old child’s functioning.” For children 6 and older, the AAP recommends ADHD medication along with behavior parent training.Įxperts agree that parents should consider ADHD medications when symptoms interfere with their child’s social, emotional, or academic life. The AAP recommends behavior parent training as the first-line treatment for preschool-aged children (children younger than 6) with ADHD. How do I know when it’s time for medication? I want to try everything else first.”Ĭhildren as young as 4 can be diagnosed with ADHD, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Socially, he has poor body and impulse control he’s also very emotional and cries immediately when something doesn’t go his way. “My first grader is ‘holding his own’ academically, but he’d be doing much better if he could focus.
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