torsdag 18 oktober 2012

Barn är inte försökskaniner



ADHD har diskuterats under väldigt lång tid. Forskare, läkare, barn och föräldrar är eniga om att de har olika syn på huruvida ADHD är en sjukdom eller bara ett normalt beteende.
Hur ofta lyssnar vi på barnen dvs. de som är berörda? Vill de ha medicin eller är det något annat de söker som kan få dem att agera annorlunda?
Vad händer egentligen med barnets kreativitet när de dopas ner med amfetaminpreparat eller annat? Vad hade hänt med våra stora musiker Mozart etc. om de behandlats enligt dagens koncept, hade det varit tomt på den klassiska musikfronten?
Lyssna på barnet innan du tar ett beslut om medicinering, ditt barn är ingen försökskanin och är värd att få det allra allra bästa du kan ge ditt barn.

Läs och fundera över följande artikel, utdrag finner du nedan: 

Mum is relieved; Dad is sceptical. The child has mixed feelings towards the diagnosis and the pills. “We must listen more to the children,” says Norwegian researcher.

When I take the pills, I become girlish in a way, and I just want to relax all the time, and then it’s like ‘ooh, a flower!’. That’s how it feels.” (Knut, 14 years old)
ADHD is a much-debated diagnosis. Many believe it is a biological condition that needs treatment, normally with medication. Others believe that we medicate normal boy behaviour.
Aina Olsvold is a psychologist with years of clinical experience who recently completed a doctoral degree on Norwegian families that live with an ADHD diagnosis. She interviewed mothers and fathers - and the children who are on medication: 17 boys and two girls. She found disagreement over the diagnosis and the use of medication.



“I hate the medication!”
I don’t notice any difference whether I take the pills or not, but other people do.” (Child)
In her conversations with the children, Olsvold found that many of them experienced side effects and that they did not like taking the medication.
“Children are loyal towards their parents, and most of them told me that they don’t have anything against taking the medication. But only two children felt that the medication has helped them. Two others shouted that they hate the medication as soon as I walked in the door,” Oldsvold explains.
Even the children who started out saying it was alright to take the medication had mostly negative things to tell when it came down to it.
“They might say that the medication works, but only a little bit. Or that they concentrate better from it, but they don’t think concentration is so important. Many say they don’t like to take it because it reminds them of the diagnosis. They feel that they aren’t themselves when they take the medication. They become tired and sleepy and get stomach cramps, headaches and nausea," says the researcher.






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