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tried stimulants
Hi, my son just turned 8 yrs old. We have tried stimulant medications and they seem to help for a week and then stop working completely. We have changed the dosage and that doesn't help either. He started developing tics and I wanted to take him off the medicine. My husband wants to treat our son with meds, but it kills me to give it to him when I don't see any results. We have tried Focalin XR 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, Adderall 10mg and Daytrana patch. We had to give him Prevacid when we tried the adderall, but not with others. The adderall and Focalin (15 & 20 mg) gave him 'devil' fits when he came off the meds. He had horrible, scary mood swings. He would go from quiet to screaming mad and then cry. The patch did nothing at all for him. I put him on a 'vacation' from meds over the summer and today was the first day he was back on Focalin. We are thinking of switchig to Strattera. I hear good and bad about it and I know it's trial and error with each cihld. My oldest took Focalin XR 5mg for 2 years and is now on 10mg. It works well with him (14yrs old), but he's not hyper. My youngest son (8 yrs old) is extremely hyper, also has hyperfocus and talks your ears off. :-) He is extremely intelligent, but I just can't get him to concentrate and complete his work. The hyperactivity does not bother me. I mean he is a young child. However, he has been held back twice! I really wish I could give him one-on-one attention, but I can't afford to stop working. Good luck to all and thanks for all the postings.
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