Hi my name is Tammy I am a SAHM of three kids a daughter who will be 14 in about 5 weeks, a son who is 8 1/2 and Garrett who will be 10 in about 2 months. Garrett is our special needs child. Garrett has a long list of problems and complications. He has ADHD, BiPolar, OCD, IBS, and developmental dealys...

For a couple of years Garrett was medicated..However now he is NOT..On medications (trust me we have been through many) Garrett lost weight and wasa extremely thin he was weak and had diminshed muscle capasity on his left side..He had numerous "manic episodes" per day including beating his head on walls and floors distroying things peeing everywhere. He was a mess he did not eat and did not sleep there for they continued to adjust, change and add medications and things never seemed to get better..Finally not only for our own mental heath but for Garretts health we took him off all medicines..

AT first we didn't tell the school. Later we did and there was no problems they only asked if the dr was aware of his no longer being medicated..NOW 2 years later it is a problem...

Garrett has never really been a behaovral problem at school as MOST of the teachers have been half way decent about listening to my suggestions on how best to deal with Garrett....Now however we have gotten a teacher who sees having to deal with Garrett a burden and the school is refusing to switch his class (Garrett is in the 3rd grade)

Now the school is trying to pressure us into medicating him....................NOT HAPPENING!!

I need information if anyone knows where I can find it...

about a parents rights NOT to medicate
schools pushing medication
no tolereance policy and special needs kids
etc

Thanks so much
Tammy