Are there parents out there that choose not to use stimulants on their child? Miss 8 just becomes a different person, so sad and miserable and it is heart breaking. It’s been a few months now. She can focus better however in every other way it’s just been awful for her. She is mostly inattentive and really struggles in school with grasping the basics of literacy and has poor working memory. How do I know what to do? Both my husband and I are just so confused and worried. She has told us it makes her feel sad and yucky and doesn’t want to take it.