What age did you start medication for adhd? I have adhd (undiagnosed) and I’m not medicated however thinking my children who also have adhd would do better with medication. They’re 6 and 8 years old and maybe too young?

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Life in our family changed SIGNIFICANTLY for the better when my 6yo got meds for ADHD.

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Don’t want to be offensive to anyone but I don’t think kids should be given meds. 16+ if possible, but most ideal is 21+. I got it late and I think most of my interesting personality was formed because I was off of it. However I don’t have kids so I can’t speak to the difficulty of raising one with ADHD

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Lol weird take. I’d rather have been able to focus in school and be able to live my life free from some of the more severe symptoms than not take meds just so I could develop a ~*quirky*~ personality.

OP - your kids might not need meds yet, a child psychologist specializing in ADHD may suggest alternate routes first! If they deem medication necessary, they would start at a very low dose anyways.

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Best answer is to get them to a therapist to figue out what they need. There are many benefits of medicine and/or therapies to help them not have to struggle as hard to figure out how to manage their life. Yes, many of us late diagnosed adults did it on our own. It was rough. Why not make it easier for your kids to build their foundation?

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Started in teens, and quit when I was 31. Life has never been better since I quit.

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Ohhhhh no! Glad you’re doing well now! Thank you

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You should work with a psychiatrist and develop a plan together. There are ways to support your children without medication, but medication itself isn’t bad either. If you don’t give them the option to find out what works for them, they could have life long challenges that could’ve been prevented if they had the right support from childhood.

I didn’t get diagnosed until 28 because my parents didn’t want to believe that I could have ADHD even though many teachers gave feedback in line with ADHD. So I grew up thinking I was just lazy and everyone else worked harder than I did, and always second guessing if I had accidentally zoned out and missed something. This led to low confidence in myself in general and didn’t really try in school. There’s so many opportunities that I missed because I thought I wasn’t good enough, and developed anxiety. It still impacts me today, so whatever path you go with, just work with a doctor and give your kids the opportunity to decide for themselves

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I was diagnosed around 12 but intentionally never took my medicine because I hated the way it made me feel.

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The 10mg gave me crashes around then but that’s why I preferred 12-14h XR not 10h XR.

I understand about the quirky personality: my kids are also so ‘comfortable’ in their skin right now.

They have severe executive functioning challenges and inattentiveness but are able to be good at school somehow (I haven’t tested them for giftedness as that would be additional pressure for us) but at home it’s a totally different story.

I’m tired of building routines that aren’t followed, hurling threats for completing tasks.

We have an slp therapist, I think I would need to see a developmental pediatrician for advice on medication.

Sorry for the rant and thank you for your opinions.

I just started in my 20s- it has been life changing, but there's been a lot of anxiety I developed as a result of being unmedicated.

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