When a child is diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD), parents are faced with an unbelievably tough choice: Use medication to treat symptoms?
Or try alternative routes?You wonder: What if... the medication harms my child’s health? ...it changes her personality? ...I'm just failing as a parent?
Naysayers argue that parents rush to medicate their kids, but we know this is a decision you agonize over. Here, learn what considerations convinced other families to use or not to use ADHD medication.
And take heart: You are not alone."It's a difficult decision, and it's different for every family. We struggled for years with our decision to medicate our child for ADHD." –Annie, Illinois"It is a parent's decision about how to care for her child.