Hi all. I am struggling right now with what to do with my 8 yo daughter and her medication. She has struggled with school since she started. She is not what I would classify a hyper kid, just can not stay on taks! I have been very pessimistic about the whole ADD diagnosis from the onset. Well two years later and quite a few doctors visits I agree she has some attention issues that are not readily within her control. With that said we started on a regiment of 10mg of Ritalin once a day about 3 months ago. In that said time she lost 6 pounds (she is 52" and only 60 pounds to begin with). The teachers noticed a huge improvement with her focus as soon as she started taking it. However due to the weight loss we took her off from the drug as she really was looking unhealthy! Now she is off it, gaining almost all of her weight back in about 2 weeks, but with that the teachers (as have I) noticed a change back to her lack of focus once we took her off from it.

Please help, any other suggestions, other meds, alternative treatments???? Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

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