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To: tejek who wrote (182005)	2/2/2004 2:45:33 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574683

Hi Tejek, RE: "In most cases, the kids end up like zombies on some days and then overly hyperactive on other days. I don't know whether the MDs vary the drugs from day to day, or on some days, the kids blow them off and don't take them. All I can say is that they seem to have huge mood swings. Its very weird." Once had a summer college job where I taught emotionally handicapped students who were affiliated thru Goodwill (mentally retarded, autism, etc.). Some days they would be much too drugged up, zombie like, and I'd push back on the group homes they lived in and ask them to lower any Rx dose. An overly drugged up kid isn't going to gain the tools to deal with life, or a particular situation, when Rx is medicating his awareness away. Agree with you on the Asthma. Doctors are way too quick to hand out pills, rather than say, identifying the environmental issues to avoid or whatever else might help a situation out. RE: "He told me he had not done it because he had never gone home the previous day." Sounds like he's on his own, at a much too early age. So there's no venue to report his Rx situation to a school nurse or doctor? I agree, they med kids way too much. 30 kids is a lot. We never had more than 15 or 20. Regards, Amy J