7 Things to Consider Before Medicating Your Kid for ADD

It can be tough for parents to decide whether to treat ADD/ADHD with medication. Unlike other conditions, take diabetes for example, the symptoms of ADD/ADHD are behavior related. A parent who wouldn't hestitate to give insulin to their child with diabetes, may not feel the same way about treating ADD/ADHD. Although a child's brain with ADHD is wired a little differently and medication could help him to function better, so many parents hesitate to use medication because then they feel like a failure for not being able to "control" their child's behavior. Here are 7 things to consider when making the decision to medicate or not: - By Dawn Damalas Meehan

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