focalin

We saw psychiatrist yesterday because the Focalin easy child is taking doesn't seem to be as effective as it used to be. I could have sworn easy child was already on the highest possible dose of Focalin, which is 10 milligram pills twice a day. I thought psychiatrist would have to try something else with him, but instead he...

Hi all, I joined last year and got some excellent advice with my 6 year old regarding sensory issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) has not significantly helped in school, although we are loving progress we see with Occupational Therapist (OT). Our Occupational Therapist (OT) went out of network so we have to wait til we're in a better financial spot to afford it and can...

So good news on the medication front. Focalin is helping difficult child 2 tremendously at school. He is producing more work than ever thought possible. His teacher is thrilled. So am I....to a point. difficult child 2 has always been on the hyperactive side, but lately his hyperactivity is in over drive as soon as that...

For those of you who have or had your difficult children on Concerta what do you think of it? psychiatrist is considering adding it to difficult child's medications. We go back to see her on the 25th, and she is going to go over the teachers questionnaires, and have us fill out one as well, but thinks it may help. How long before it...

Please let me know if I need to add anything to my siggy (within reason, I'm a bit nervous about this being open to the public). I'm a homeschooling mom and you can see my kids status in my siggy. We got the diagnosis around October so we're still learning, trying to deal with all this. We knew...

First some quick background: difficult child is 7, speech delayed, ADHD, and has anxiety. Thats what he has been diagnosed with, we can also add to that depression (wants and tries to hurt himself), low self esteem, and is behind in most subjects. Kindergarten was rough for us, he threw chairs, hit kids...

I am at my wits end with my son. He has been on methylphenidate for about a year and a half now for adhd and it apparently makes a big difference at school. At home is another story. By the time he gets home his medications are wearing off and it is a nightmare. He'll kick walls, throw things, scream...

Anyone have any luck with Vyvanse? My son's psychiatrist wants to try him on Vyvanse because Adderall is just not working for him. He's only on 10 mg daily of Adderall, but everytime we try to raise the dose, he gets very emotional and can get aggressive and mean. I told the psychiatrist that I know he needs...

This morning, at 9am, I gave Carson his second dose of Focalin (umm, expensive medicine). An hour and a half later he went BESERK. He was banging his PSP3 controller into the wall--leaving a hole. Because he wasn't doing well at his game. He was screaming and then crying. Hard to console...

Quick background: Two kids, one age 10, gifted but a talker, and my difficult child, age 6... so far the diagnosis is ADHD and Anxiety not otherwise specified, but he also seems pretty delayed in many other areas... school, speech, etc. His main problems have been with aggression. difficult child started taking Adderall last year and the...

I am just so mentally exhausted! I spent 2 hours trying to get all his medication in him and at 9am I took him to school with it so he would not be late. I did this one other time but I hate doing it. I was up there for 1 hour and they finally told me just to go home. He is with the nurse, his para...

It's been a while since I've been here... the reason is that things were going so good! difficult child started first grade this year, and made it until just about a month ago with no major issues! No principals office or anything... And starting about a month ago, things changed... I'm not 100% sure why...

Morning all. we're a few months into a combined type adhd diagnosis for my first grader. Started Strattera in late Jan, and after a few months of back and forth - decided no go (saw improvement on the work front, but his appetite and mood were lousy, and after losing 6lbs off a 50lb frame we...

difficult child's psychiatrist has started him on focalin XR. He was on Adderall and I hated that it made him really agitated and moody and he was grouchy. psychiatrist said that Focalin is made differently and is less likely to cause moodiness and agitation. Anyone have positive experiences with Focalin?

We've been having a lot of problems with difficult child 1's behavior the past few months. He provokes his sibs verbally and physically (name calling, poking, spitting, threatening to hit, etc.) and then when they react he gets violent. He is argumentative with both husband and I and gets confrontational and...

My difficult child was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago. After trying all the 'non' medication ways to help her, we tried Focalin XR in May. Side effects were horrible so after 1 month we stopped it altogether. She started Adderall XR in October and the only side effect has been weight loss. She went...

He started Focalin XR 15 mg this past weekend. I had to switch him because Adderall just made him mean, moody, aggressive. He would be super emotional and agitated. I told his psychiatrist that Adderall was just not helping him and that we needed to change. He was hesitant to start him on an XR...

my 3 1/2 yr old has been on clonidine for over a yr now because of night terrors, instead of up one time a night she was up at least 7 per night.since she was 18 months. it does help her go to sleep but dont keep her asleep. she just recently had a sleep study 2 yrs later now waiting on results...

I haven't been on here in a long time but I don't know what to do and maybe somebody on here will have some ideas. My daughter who is my difficult child with extreme ADHD and ODD is already taking Focalin XR 15mg in the morning and at 1:30 because it doesn't seem to last in her system even though it is...

So..... whenever difficult child rages and turns our household upside down - I go into crisis mode and want something to change immediately. After Tuesday night's rage, I faxed a letter to the psychiatrist saying I wanted to take difficult child off Concerta entirely and just try Intuniv alone. (Background: He just increased...