Before we start: Let go of the guilt!
If you are reading this, you care. That is why you are taking the time to educate yourself.
Guilt keeps coming up in the heart-wrenching posts from caring parents to internet support groups.
Some parents feel guilty because they are medicating their child. The kids may still be struggling after trying a list of drugs with bad side effects. Now the parents feel guilty about using their child as a human guinea pig.
But just as many parents feel guilty because they did not medicate their child right away. A simple stimulant made their child's life much easier. They can live with the side effects. They feel guilty about waiting so long.
Or perhaps the the child has unusual eye or ear problems, like our son did.
The parent feels guilty about not detecting them earlier. And so on.
Whatever your reason for feeling guilty : Let it go! You have done the best you could with what you knew at the time. There are no magic answers that work for everyone.
Today is a new beginning for yourself and your child.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can help you to feel clear and calm in the here and now. It can also help your child to calm down. This amazing tool for living is quite literally free at your fingertips. Just Google it,
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I like to hear from people. What's working for you?
If you use medication, what have you tried before?
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