Parents of children with ADHD taking Adderall XR I need your opinions!!!?
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My youngest son is ADHD and has tried a few diff. meds. Adderall made him really irritable and he seemed to cry alot while on it. He is now on concerta and is doing well. He doesnt have highs and lows that the other meds seem to cause. He only takes concerta when hes going to school and is off all summer, holidays and school breaks and doesnt take it on weekends, unlike other meds I dont see any withdrawls from the concerta. You have to find what works for her, mmost parents of ADD or ADHD children will try many different meds before finding the right one for that child, once you find the right one then its about finding the right dose. Its all trial and error. We are also looking into herbal meds that have very good reviews(they take them along with thier current meds). GOOD LUCK!!
take her off of the adderall. My cousin has been on adderal since he was three. Now he looks like he is still 7 and he is 17. They cannot take him off of the medicine now because he is addicted. I do not believe that children should be medicated. Seek a therapist before medication please!
My son was on it for about 1 year. He was taking 30 mgs per day at 7 am and at 11 am. He had behaviour problems. After taking it for a while he was quiet and to himself. He flaps his hand alot but he did it ever worse while on Adderall his wrist would pop. I don't think he realized he was doing it, I would tell him he was he trying to fly away. He did lose 65 to 80 lbs while on Adderall. Which was a good thing because he has Syndrome X, and caused him to gain weight. He is now off of it (my choice) because I saw a difference in his behaviour, and especially after the News kept saying that children have died using it. It apparently causes problems with the heart. The doctor told me it depends on the miligrams they are prescribed. I played it safe and took him off of it. If he has an out burst I just leave him alone and if trys to hit me, I immediately telll him that hitting is not good and that I will have to hit back and somehow it snaps him back.
Have patience.
I have ADDED and I am an adult change the diet...diet can help
type "diet ADDED" good luck.. I suppose how survive it is..this I don;t know..we have trouble listening and reading...ideas fly though our heads..very fast..without out control.Can't focus on one things then we are off to something else.
I had to take my son off of it because he got so moody. We changed him to Focalin XR. It was a major difference. It does wear off alittle quicker than the Adderall.. but the moody whiney blues stopped. There is the patches now too.. but I was afraid my son would pull them off, but if this starts to not work I will try the patch next.
My son was switch just last year from Adderall XR to Concerta because his aggression and irritability. He hit a plateau. That happens with all behavior drugs. Adderall works great but watch out for the plateaus and the weaning off. Oh don't forget to make sure her medicine is filled before she runs out because withdrawal is hard on the whole family. Also watch for crying jags if she just started. Good Luck
My son was diagnosed as ADHD 3 years ago in kindergarten. He switched from the old fashioned 2x/day Ritalin to Adderall XR this past Sept. He did go through about 2 weeks of being irritable especially around dinner time (when it wore off), but is much better now. He has told me that he feels much more in control on medication. We give him "holidays" on non-school days because he does eat less on the meds. One thing we have noticed is that he has very dry eyes on the Adderall and we now use eye drops 2x day.
I will say though, that we also tried Concerta, another all-day pill and he was almost psychotic on it - yelling and screaming one minute and crying and saying he was sorry the next. It was an extreme personality change. We switched to the Adderall and he's doing fine on that pill now.
If the irritibility is extreme, try another medication. I wasn't a big fan of medication at first, but watching the increase in self-esteem in my son has made the difference. My husband, who is also ADHD, is now on Adderall himself too. He realized that the meds didn't change who are son was, they just gave him the self-control to be successful in school and social situations.
My son was on Adderall XR also. He would be so irritated, angry and difficult. We finally had to take him off that medication and try two others before we finally found one he could take, wasn't so irritated and was still able to concentrate at school. It's a challenge, but our doctor was wonderful in helping us find what was right for our son. Explain all the side effects that are undesirable to your doctor and he/she will try to find the medication that is right for your daughter. Have your daughter talk to your doctor about the side effects that bother her (yours may be different) and if she is anything like my son, pretty much anything that came out of my mouth irritated him. She may be more forthcoming with her doctor. The doctor would prescribe enough for my son to try it out for a few weeks so it wasn't quite as expensive as filling a prescription for a whole month. It's trial and error, but worth it. Hang in there. Good Luck!
If she's getting close to the age of ten, it might not be the medicine to blame - it could be hormonal fluctuations that are coinciding with the beginning of a new medicine. I read another comment about the child being irritated by every single thing mom said and I wanted to just chime in with another thought to consider. My daughter is fortunately not struggling with ADD (we have challenges in other areas) but at age 11, I have become a continual source of irritation to her. I don't say anything right, I sing songs completely wrong. She watches me like a hawk to catch me in a mistake... it's really quite comical. I can remember being completely the same with my mother. I spend every day in my job with seventh-graders and my daughter is in sixth grade. Some moodiness and irritability is extremely normal, just to keep things in perspective. Everything is a huge deal to them at this age. All the best to you.
My son had some moodiness. I recently put him on daytraina (the patch) It is the best thing I have tried so far, it has been working really well, yet their are still some moody days.
Because the medication affects their appetite some kids just don't realize that they need food. My daughter would start to fall apart after school - I found that a good snack (high in protein as per the Dr's orders) made a huge difference for her. I explained to her that even though she didn't feel hungry, her body needed some food. After she ate she always felt better. This would be worth a try.
It might also just be the wrong med. for your child. Make sure that you keep her Dr. updated as to her reactions. Our pediatrician had us filling out evaluation forms almost weekly while we were changing medications and doses. Hang in there! You are your child's best advocate -
i started my son on the same med. He was on it for 8 months and his irritablness just got worse. i consulted his doc about it and she told me that she gets alot of reports about adderral. i chose to stop that med and then put him on concerta, that was1 1/2 years ago and he is doing great. by the way my son is now 11 if that makes a point. also you need to read up on the side affects of alot of adhd meds, they have anger, depression, suicide, all that. all adhd meds is a hit and miss, you unfortunatly have to try to see what effects your child. .best of luck from someone who has delt with the effects from Adderral.
My 11yr son is on Adderall XR 15mg and does get good on it, but to make him less irritable his doc put him Rispdal and it's has helped ALOT. He got into so much trouble at school and at home until they switched to these meds and now he's gotten his grades back up and stays out of trouble. If she hasn't been on it very long give it a little time but if she stills is moody then see a doctor that specialize in ADHD. I had to find a doctor that seen nothing but ADHD kids and I feel alot more comfortable about it. Just have some faith in her cause I know what you are going through personally.
you gotta learn to calm that kid down
Adderall is a very dangerous drug, and I don't recomened giving it to children, even under doctor's watch.
For one, Adderall effects everyone slightly differently, having multiple positive and negitive effects, depending on the person.
I was highly addicted to it, along with one of my freiends, who, once snorted, would give killer speedy effects. The friend we bought them from said all they did was put him to sleep, so he sold them to us.
With just as little as 50mg of it, we both could go all day awake, all night without tiring, and be ready to go the next morning on no sleep. Your appitite is nothing, ive gone 2 days 3 nights without sleep and maybe 1 or 2 little snacks, not relizing how hungrey i was until I threw up stomach acids all over the place.
As far as the effects, the user's focus factor is rediculously high; all my social disorders were unvisible; Its like a huge confidence booster. You can do things that usally bore the piss out of you, and you can do them for hours on end.
While this may help your kids personally disorder, I don't think that giving them a class 2 anphidmine is doing much good for your their body. Not just that, these things will make you feel like you can't live a day to day life without them.
Next time your kids home, pay attention to him. If he can focus on TV for hours and videogames for hours, then he probally doesn't have ADHD, but instead is just lazy due to poor parenting (I'm not saying your a bad parent, just that the kid doesn't receive enough disipline.)
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