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How to make medication decisions for your child when you have negative personal experiences

My son has ADHD like me but the school wants to medicate him and I have terrible memories of how those drugs made me feel as a kid.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past trauma with treatment can complicate present decisions about a child's care, mixing protective instincts with unresolved wounds.

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