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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2011, 8:20 pm
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| It took me 10 different anti depressents before anyone of them made the slightest difference to me. Does that mean that I am somehow defective, etc. Because it is very much made out to be that way. That I did something wrong, because the medication would not work for me. I know people who have been... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2011, 6:23 pm
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| I haven't the foggiest idea why people medicate just based on diagnosis. The parents I know that have, have done so to appease the school system or the teachers. people dont get a diagnosis then go out and say hey my kid has autism can you give him the newest drug my god how generalized is that ...... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 8:25 pm
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| well i cannot speak for your mom of course... mine simply ment that if i wanted to be an artist and i put everything i had into it that i could do it.. now keeping in mind she never expected that i would be the best artist or that i'd accel at it but that i'd love whatever i did and that as long as ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 7:45 pm
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| Parents have the ability to shape who their kids will be and how successful they will be in life despite whatever challenges they may have been born with. Love and support go a long long way... this is absolutely true!! ! i can remember vividly my mom telling us all our lives that we could be anyth... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 6:45 pm
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Quote: Even NT kids can disappoint their parents. Sometimes a father runs a business and he dreams of having his son taking over when he retires but what if his own son doesn't want that career and he wants to do something else? The father will be disappointed.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 1:34 pm
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| this is true.. and i think too remembering that whatever dreams we might have had dispite autism or anything else the child may not have wanted that dream anyway :) crazy to think about it that way...... I remember my mother thought i'd be a teacher~ imagine her surprise when I became a nurse instea... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 1:00 pm
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| hearing people mourn autism like it's a death sentence makes me want to smack someone upside the head. That woman from CBS "The Talk" i forget her name but anyway there was a segment on yesturdays show to kick off autism awareness month and she explained it perfectly the "why" for all this mourning... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 12:49 pm
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| I question the real role of a behaviourist. It is all well and fine to say that behaviour needs to change, but unless you look at the underlying cause then nothing can change. I do not and nor will I ever believe that people are violent just for the sake of being voilent, that they have some chemic... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 10:57 am
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| At my request my GP recently referred me to a dietition. With her help I am learning to find ways that I can change my diet that is acheivable for me This is fantastic!! I actually worked for a nurse practitioner years ago who would do just that it's too bad it's not the standard! Also is a shame t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: AS and Dyslexia |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2011, 8:56 pm
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| well an update on this front... it turns out when DS was re evaluated two years ago he was found to have dyslexia. I asked the psychologist why it wasn't written in her report she said they dont seperate out the learning disorders they just list them all as SLD (specific learning disorder) I asked h... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2011, 8:42 pm
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| There are plenty of diabetics that are not fat, you know. Diabetes and obesity, while related, are not the same problem. yes i do realize this in fact I would say the majority with type 2 are not overweight! My point was that altho diet is stressed and could in a lot of cases reduce or eliminate th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: why are we medicating so many of our children? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2011, 8:02 pm
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| Interesting thread that's gone into many directions... There may be a little noncompliance because of the patients, but the truth is few doctors still suggest the low carb diets that are easy to comply with and actually work for diabetes any more. Instead, they suggest low calorie, low fat diets tha... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Love your kid <3 (rant) |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2011, 6:04 pm
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| I can't speak for all parents only myself but I can say that somtimes when life with any child is wearing you out pysically and mentally it's easy to say "i wish". I dont think any of us wishes our child was any different than they are.. what we wish maybe is that we could figure out why they are hi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: AS and Dyslexia |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2011, 6:20 am
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| my cousin had the dyspraxia type dyslexia wasn't untill college they diagnosed and treated her for it .. (relearning) she works for a bank now. (so even with issue in swapping numbers) she is succesfull now she also went on to earn a degree in college. with my son there isn't any coordination muscle... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: AS and Dyslexia |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 4:41 pm
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| that sounds sooo cool! word puzzles yay! you know my sister is an odd one she will get those books of number finds and sit for hours finding them haha she used to race me and kick my butt each time. She also can remember any number said to her at one point she was the manager of a credit union and w... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Congratulations son, your in the bottom 0.1th percentile |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 3:09 pm
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| i agree too dont get too discouraged lots can change from now till he's older and lots of things affect the reason for the scores now. When mine was tested at 3 yrs old they said he was ret*d and severely delayed in every catagory. His speech was also a severe delay once they worked with the speech ... |
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