Response to Stanley

Stanely, your post is informative and engaging. I want to expand on the cons of stopping the medications if the student has been using them previously. According to Brinkman, Simona, and Epstein (2018), it is dangerous to discontinue medications without a doctor’s consultation. In this case, the student may experience an increased lack of attention and misbehavior and poor management of the withdrawal symptoms of ADHD (Response to Stanley).

It could also set back the treatment plan, increasing the duration before the ADHD symptoms improve. Besides, McKinney (2022) observes that it may lead physicians to draw inaccurate conclusions about the effectiveness of the inattention medications prescribed for the student. Discontinuing the medications during tests and later using them after tests may produce irregular treatment outcomes.

This is because the physician may be forced to prescribe increased dosages or alternatives while concluding that the initial dosages were ineffective. Therefore, if the student must discontinue the medications due to their effect on the test outcomes, such as producing unreliable results, consultations with the physician should be initiated earlier (McKinney, 2022). The physician can advise on the most suitable way of slowly discontinuing them towards the scheduled tests (Response to Stanley).

References

Brinkman, W. B., Simon, J. O., & Epstein, J. N. (2018). Reasons why children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder stop and restart taking medicine. Academic pediatrics, 18(3), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2017.09.005

McKinney, D. (2022). ADHD: The Complete Guide to Positive Parenting to Empower Your Kid (Non-medication Treatments and Skills for Children). Daniel McKinney Publishers.