metadate causing crying? | ADHD Information

cool --- you might ask him, too?  if he is old enough to articulate what he is feeling and understand it.

ask him whether he feels better, happier and all that.  get him to talk through all he is feeling too.

i'm sure it will work out well.  don't worry!
thanks jones..he seems to be having great positive effects, both of his teachers have commented on how good he is doing, but that he seems sensitive and cries about small things.  i guess we will see.  he goes back to the doc in 30 days for an eval.

Maybe it's part of the mind coming back online.  I am on dexedrine - a 38yr old boy-boy (like that!! can I borrow it??) and been taking it for over 10 months now.

I started to notice a few weeks in that - for the first time in my life I became weepy at things I used to think were very wussy!  Kittens, children playing, things that happened to me or I did to others decades ago.  I can shut it off when it starts - but it's very emotional and not all bad.

As a very young child I did tend to become emotional at a drop of a hat.  I've heard it is a common ADHD thing - we can feel things strongly - then not at all.  Also comes with aspergers syndrome I've heard that many of us have it as well - and that it can make us take things extremely literally and seriously.

Don't fret on it too much- but you might want to explore it with a child psychologist and see if it's not a big deal.

I am beginning to think that the crying is a side effect.  My son  - 6yr olds - also started on Metadate CD 20mg this past Saturday and I am seeing the same thing.  We have always had a hard time getting him to sleep (His younger brother has never had this problem).  He usually wants someone to lay with him.  Anyway . . . the past couple of nights when I have refused because I wanted my own time, he cried "like a baby".  He used to get upset and mad and maybe cry some at bedtime but not like this.  I can say that it does seem to be getting better.  I have also given him Melontonin in his chocolate milk (w/o him knowing) and it seemed to help.

Goodluck - I will be praying for you!

My son is also very boy-boy!!!  Rough and Tumble!

Thank You, Thank You!  Now that I sit back and think about it he has been a sensitive child.  Always needing to be uplifted.  Like he has a poor self image.Lots of times certain meds can trigger emotional responses that are not always desired, but then sometimes human emotions just do things by themselves. I now well up all the time, but it is not from meds, I did it before the meds.

It is part of my nerves and possibly loss of sleep, meaning being overly tired. If your child is not sleeping right and overly tired, the child will be cranky and whiney and not real fun to be around, so if the meds are causing the child to loose sleep, you may have found the answer. But I can tell you, in my case, it has only been weepy time for me for about the last year. I never weeped at all before, and I was always a hard ass the last few years.As a kid I was always jokes and laughter. not much weep when growing up.

 I did get chills when I heard a song or something as a kid.

I also sneeze once before becoming aroused by a beautiful woman or a picture of one.. posing in a adult manner mind you. That has always been happening. I think it releases my endorphins or something.

I'm so GLAD to be of help! I was the absolute average ADHD kid - into everything - finish nothing.  Smack my sister in frustration - bawl at the dead caterpillar and make mom give it a funeral.  All the usual.

Your child is normal for ADHD!! No major problems after a day of thought.  Get him where he is aware of what his troubles really are - and he'll be a step ahead of where I was.  There is confusion - but doesn't have to be.  He's a high IQ, loving, emotional boy who is loved by mommy - and believe me that's something!

 

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Uh.. buggy? you're not supposed to get that close to the magazine.  You got the staple stuck in your nostril is all.

staples?? we don't need no stinking staples !!!!! Oh that's right! Playboy uses glue now LOL!! Maybe you're just allergic to the glue! stay away from the centerfold - the sneezes should clear up!  I don't sneeze at the ladies - I leer at them and hope they are leering back.Thanks for the input.  I thought the crying issues were getting better but now I do not know.  He got upset today when I told him he could not to see his friend.  We homeschool and his friend was in school.  I noticed that his chin started to quiver and his eyes tear up.  After I explained that he could go play when his friend came home he was okay.  But he was never like this before.  If it doesn't get better I am going to talk his Dr.

Do check with the MD.  The best rule is - if it worries you - then it's worth pursuing!  You are the best judge of your child's well-being.  As long as you stay on top - all will be ok.

I was a very emotional, heart-on-my sleeve kid.  Might be he is too.  Crying is fine - and can be a very ADHD thing.  I stopped weeping per my dad's requests as a pubescent (around him and other guys anyway) - but if I feel sad now - I am not ashamed to weep when it's called for.  My mother was the real boss and a damn good teacher!

 

We have switched my son to Ritalin LA because the Metadate CD was not lasting long enough.  He is still very emotinal and moody.   It seems that about 2pm every day he gets VERY tired and just wants to be at home and sit and watch TV.  Kinda mopey!  Should I stick with the Ritalin LA a little longer - we just started it 2 days ago.  OR, should I see about switching him to another brand.  We are working on trying to get him to swallow pills b/c as of now, he can't.  The dr. suggested we try getting him to practice swallowing tic-tacs with drink.

 

Any suggestions?

2 days isn't really enough time to determine how well it will work.  Perhaps a week?  But if there's behavior that bothers you or concerns you - I'd keep him on the med - but take him in to be checked out.  Its best not to drop any med until you get a second opinion - the exception being an obvious bad reaction.

I get days where near the end of the meds usefulness in the day I feel the urge to walk home and nap or vegetate - that can happen.  It cycles with the ADHD - and it could be months in between.

Tic tacs sound like a good way to teach it!  I've heard of all kinds of things - like covering it with slippery like ice cream, or peanut butter but tic tacs sound like a great tool!!

Thanks!  I guess no one really ever told me how long it might take.  This is all so new to us.  I will definitely wait a week - or longer?  Is there a particular source where it will tell about the cycles of ADHD?

Tara

the cycling hits everybody different - but typically you hear about a 2 or 3 month cycle - it seems with many of us we get ups - things are sharper and work better, then it begins to cycle down where the "fog" gets thicker and it's harder to keep it all working together.  Each one is a little different - I find keeping a log or journal helped me track back.  I have a journal going back about to 1990 and you can see it - even though I found out only this year.

Does it cycle back up again?? I've been on the metadate for around 2months now and noticed that I am more tired than usual.. sometimes a little down feeling.

Dont know if it is that I am doing more and I'm just normally tired, or if it is a side effect or lack of effect..

Funny thing -- I've noticed that I don't get quite as tired when I am drinking a couple of extra sodas during the day.. and I have taken my claritin..

Sherry

hello hello

well in my hopeless opinion - i would say yes, i guess it is a
side effect from the meds. whether it is due to just starting on
them, i don't know...

but it is pretty obvious that the crying is a direct result of the
medication.

i don't know (because i don't have a child) whether this
symptom will go away in time - or whether your child will just
adapt to feeling miserable and get angry instead - or whether it
will pass totally as his system adapts to the drug and he will be
as happy as a lark in a few weeks???

consider what benefits have so far occurred, how you think the
drug is making your son happier and equally the negative
effects it is having.

i have not the FIRST clue - ok. so take everything i say with that
caveat. but i don't think it is a really good sign if it is making
your son cry initially ---- but honestly, i really DON'T KNOW.

he could get over the crying. but it might well just transmute
into something else. anger. suicidal thoughts or whatever. or
just go completely - leaving the benefits. talk to your doctor as
well. (but i wouldn't accept the whole take another pill on top of
this one to stop the crying stuff)

there are loads of people here who know so much.

i am sorry to be the first response because i know so little and
also i don't think this is as supportive as you might find from
others who have actually been there - done that.

then you can decide whether you want him on the meds, off the
meds or on an different medication (there are other options out
there) or even try the complementary/alternative therapies.

well, i hope you get some great responses here - from people
who actually know what they are talking about. and have been
through the process and seen the benefits and side-effects and
all of that.

good luck.

this is my 5 yr olds second day on the 20 mg dose.  I just talked to his kindergarten teacher, he is doing great, but has been crying about things throughout the morning.  he is a very boy-boy, and very seldom EVER cries..is this a side effect of just starting out on the meds?