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My oldest kid has been on ADHD Medication for 5 years. The weight he lost in the first three months. The nights he couldn't fall asleep until 2am. The heart palpitations that sent us to the emergency room twice. The growth chart that stopped moving. The depression that came out of nowhere. And then the worst thing happened. Last month my youngest got the same diagnosis. The doctor wanted to put he

My oldest kid has been on ADHD Medication for 5 years. The weight he lost in the first three months. The nights he couldn't fall asleep until 2am. The heart palpitations that sent us to the emergency room twice. The growth chart that stopped moving. The depression that came out of nowhere. And then the worst thing happened. Last month my youngest got the same diagnosis. The doctor wanted to put he

My partner filed for divorce because he couldn't handle our ADHD child. (Here's What Saved Us). For any mother wondering if your child's meltdowns can destroy your marriage — here's exactly how close mine came. March 7th. My partner put his suitcase by the front door. Next to it, a smaller bag. Pink. With a unicorn on the zip. Our daughter's. He didn't slam anything. Didn't yell. Just set both bag

I'm going to say something no cat owner wants to hear and I don't give a f*k if it upsets you. Another bag of urinary food is not going to stop him straining in that litter box with nothing coming out. Not Hill's c/d. Not Royal Canin SO. Not Purina UR. Not the case your vet just put you on and said he has to eat for the rest of his life. It didn't stop the next flare. Or the one after that. Or the

As a pediatrician, I have seen hundreds of children on ADHD medication who stopped eating. Kids lost so much weight their ribs became visible. Kids whose growth curves dropped two major percentile lines in a year. And no, it's not the dose, and it's not the timing. It's something nobody in that prescribing office ever explained to you. Let me explain. Last spring I had a boy in my exam room. His n

I'm going to say something no cat owner wants to hear and I don't give a f*k if it upsets you. Another bag of urinary food is not going to stop him straining in that litter box with nothing coming out. Not Hill's c/d. Not Royal Canin SO. Not Purina UR. Not the case your vet just put you on and said he has to eat for the rest of his life. It didn't stop the next flare. Or the one after that. Or the

My 9 year old Tyler stood in the bathroom with his shirt off, counting his own ribs, eight months into the ADHD medication that fixed his focus at school and took twelve pounds off his body, and got bullied because of it. He didn't know I was standing in the hallway. Third day in a row I'd caught him doing it. My name is Nikki Harrison. I have a nine-year-old son named Tyler. The medication that f

I've evaluated more than 1,500 children for ADHD in nineteen years as a child psychiatrist. I've written more prescriptions for stimulant medication than I can count. Last spring my own daughter got the same diagnosis I deliver every week. I would not write today's prescription for her. I am going to tell you why. My name is Dr. Sarah Whitfield. I'm board-certified in child and adolescent psychiat