On May 24 20:49 96, Judy Pineda of 1:115/552 wrote to All:
JP> best I can and not give up. My girl has learned to write lists when
JP> things are important to her and she is so helpful. Both children take
JP> 10mg of Ritalin twice a day and when summer comes they are going to go
JP> without the drugs as long as they can. When school starts, so will the
I believe that many of my son's social problems stem from his behavior when 
he is not on his medications, or rather that if he had been put on medication 
earlier he would have formed better patterns of social interaction.  Many of 
the same behaviors that interfere with his school work also interfere with 
his conversation style and "works and plays well with others" skills.  This 
became more apparent as he got older, because the other kids his aged moved 
on to more mature ways of interacting.
At the age of 15, he gets along much better with 8 year olds than with his 
peers.
It isn't clear what the advantage is of going without the medication.
Just a thought.
Jerry Schwartz
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