HI I am the mom of two boys with adhd, They are 9 and 12, I have had them on pretty much all the meds for it ritilan, dexadrine, adderal, adderal xr, which is what they are on now.

At first the meds seemed to be working great , there teachers and I saw alot of improvement at first. They have been on it about 3 months now and as time goes by it doesnt seem to be working as well, This isnt the first time we had to change because of this reason, I just dont know what to do anymore, Other reasons for taking them off , has been because of weight loss, They are not really losing weight now but complain all the time of stomache hurting, or just not being hungry. The oldest one weighs 79 and my youngest who is 2 yrs 11 months younger is 2 lbs less, So the oldest one is so much smaller, I just dont know what to do anymore, I know the medicine helps them , but i see alot of the down sides too, Mood swingsalso espcially the oldest. Has anyone ever had these probs and what did yall do about them. I just dont know what to do anymore Help:( I thinkalot of his problems are him getting older but i just dont know im so confused about so much, i just wish they didnt have to be on meds but i know if they werent we would not get anything at all done, Then i have the problem with them also feeling different cause they have to take it, They say the other kids make fun of them , So on and so on. Scottyis getting to the point where he tells me he takes his meds and i caught him throwing them away , I talked to him about this and he said he didnt want to take drugs anymore, Now where is this coming from , He also this weekend , He said was on accident dropped there remaining 6 pills down sink , I just know he did this on purpose < But i cant prove it UGhhh :confused: please if anyone may have some suggestions or anything ill be glad to try anything . thanks alot . Michelle

Family counseling together. This needs to be talked about with a professional mediator helping you understand how he feels. Then he can start to hear how you feel. It is his life. You can't force him to take medication. So the other route is to start understanding what is difficult to understand. He might want to learn who he is, and might be rebelling against something he sees as not himself. There are other possible explainations. i don't see any progress without some therapeutic intervention from a family therapist, and also some frank and open meetings with the prescribing dr and with the testing/diagnosis dr.

As for problems with each medicine, they each have drawbacks. The best thing to do is make sure you are really being seen by the best available dr. Then you can get all your options with some feeling of confidence that you are doing everything possible.

Investigate/investigate/investigate, research/research/research all options.

GL

Jon

Hugssss Benn!

Jon made some excellent suggestions, and there is not much more I can add. Perhaps in therapy you can find out what's troubling your son. Perhaps its the social stigma of having to take medication? Perhaps he doesnt like how it feels? There could be lots of reasons...not to mention, with the older one, he's at the right age for puberty to really start affecting the way the meds are working inside him.

Good luck hon, and talk to his doctor.

Hi yall we are going to pycoligist in may, We have been seeing one for 4 yrs now , I had a talk with scotty Trying to see if he may open up , And i found out why he doesnt want to take his meds, It is because he feels like hes takeing drugs and the dare people he said , said dont take drugs, Well duhhh, But i expalined hon this is totally different, There talking illegal drugs. I know that alot of the kids in his school that dont have adhd can be very cruel about the medication, He said hes sick of them making fun of me . I hate it. I appreciate yall replys , I appreciate them , I kinda knew i was more like venting and needing some support, thanks yall.:) Well ill let yall know how drs comes out , Hopefully well be changing meds for both boys. Wish us luck :) thanks again .
michelle:)

That's what we're here for, Michelle :) Please let us know how things go! Hugsss

GL Michelle

Jon