[doyle9732]

my 9 year old son was diagnosed last year....although, I knew that he was 'different' years before.....he's the youngest of 3 - and the two older ones rarely acting like him.

I was dead against using meds, but after trying all the alternatives, I finally gave the meds a try. And it made a huge difference. He's on the lowest of doses (10 mg), but it does seem to give him that extra 2 seconds he needs to decide how he's going to react in a given situation (where as before meds he'd just REACT!!!) I'm not saying he's 100% - not even close! But he's alot better, and I'm comfortable giving him the lowest dose.

I resolved my 'issues' of using meds by realizing that it was a chemical imbalance, and by not giving them, I was putting my son in an unfair situation......throwing him in a roomful of other kids (school etc) and expecting him to just deal with it......

it's still pretty new to us.....on meds since march break 2002.