ADHD Medication is Addressed Within My Very Own Famiy

You all will not believe this,

As I was eating dinner Saturday, my mom received a call from my cousin. After I heard my mother say something about medication, I decided to chime in to see what was going on.  My cousin then informed me that her son was suspected to have ADHD. His teachers are requesting that he have tests done and later be put on medication if needed. She expressed to me that she did not want her son on the medication at all; even if the test results showed that he has ADHD. Her son (my younger cousin), seems to be a normal behaved young boy. I do not believe he has ADHD but we will see what the test results say.

I did not ask my cousin why she did not want her son on the medication, but I do plan to conduct an interview with her to see exactly what her reasoning is, so look forward to that post. 

I just decided I would drop in to let you all know what was going on in my very own family.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Thanks,
Ashley 

A Parent Guide to Understanding the Effects of Ritalin

To everyone who is interested,

As promised, I have done my best to locate an article for parents about the effects of Ritalin on their children. There are many articles out there in the University of Cincinnati databases, but I wanted to provide parents with something that is fairly easy to understand and quick to read. The link that I am posting may be a little lengthy, but the words are fairly large and the information is presented in a question and answer form.

After I read through this article, I had to post it for everyone to see. You will learn about Ritalin and its effect on children who take it, but you will learn so much more. This article breaks everything down and I think its a must have resource. You will notice that this is in PDF form. I encourage parents and families to print it off and keep it. This will answer just about every question that you have. You will even be able to help others out who seek these answers.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED385080

instructions on opening link above:
Highlight the link, press ctrl and right click the link.
When the options menu come up click open link
When the link is opened you will need to click view full PDF document

I hope you enjoy
Ashley

Something Parents May Want to Know

I know that I mentioned in my previous post that I wanted to find scholarly journals and articles, but I stumbled across an article that I found interesting. I do not want to limit my findings to any one type of article or journal because what I find in my research may be something someone really wants to know.
I debated for a while whether or not I should post this link, but I decided to do it just in case it may help some parents and families out. This link is intended for parents, but I that anyone curious will take a look.
I noted the mentioned drug in this article "Ritalin". This will be the first drug I take a look into. The article mentions Ritalin as a safe drug with side effects. I hope to find the side effects of this drug and whether or not families can actually deem it as safe.

http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/features/choosing-adhd-medication-child

I hope you enjoy!

Ashley

Upcoming Post ...

Are you a parent of a child that suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Or are you on the outside looking in, Like myself? We can all assume that every child with ADHD should be medicated, but we do not know what adverse side affects or penalties medication may cause a child to have. Personally, I am interested in how the parents and families of children with ADHD feel about medication. Is the medication helpful to their children? How does it make them feel? Have they even refused to allow their children to take medication?

I have heard and read in some instances that medicine provided to children with ADHD has done nothing but make children like zombies. That's not good right? I wonder if parents and families of children with ADHD would agree with this statement.

I started this blog so that my research may also help someone else curious about these things. I plan to interview some parents of children with ADHD. I will also post some scholarly articles and journals that talk about the different types of medicine and what they are supposed to be used for, and how they affect children. I am very excited to begin, and please be on the look out for my blog posts.

Thanks,
Ashley Matthews