Hello,
I hope you will be able to help me. My 5 year old son is getting me crazy. He is on Concerta 36mg which is a high dose, he is only 47pounds.
Is this normal he can be very lunatic, we talk to him and he answer yes, yes but he wasn't focus at all, if I ask him to repeat he will be unable(still on medication)
I'll give you an example of what happened yesterday:
He would like to go to the park, there was a fun fair, I said ok but we need to do work and take dinner before and I said you must be focus on your work if you want to go there.(it is a game he needs to focus on it, I have to give him 3 thing, like you go to the grocery and you have to buy an apple, bananas and a white bread, so he should take the 3 cards with these items and put them in the same order I said, it is not long it is to work his concentration.) He wasn't concentrated at all. I gave him 2 chances, I explained it again and again(and he did it previously). SO I told him: I'm sorry but we won't go, it was like I didn't say anything.
SO after that we started to take dinner, he went to wash his hands(and I didn't have to repeat it to him like as usual)and started to take dinner and suddenly asked me ok are we ready to go now? I said no, i told you before dinner, you had to worked well and you didn't, I gave you many chances!
Oh, he was angry, and said no,no no mommy, no no, like if since the dinner he was suddendly focus. My husband decided to give him an other chance, and he did it well. He was concetrate on his work.
Is this normal???????? how can I explain that, He was still on medication(concerta is active until 7-8pm with him. It is always like that. Focus, not focus, focus. Good days and bad days..... The morning routine is the worst part om my day, i'm gone be crazy. He can be sit at the table to eat for about an hour each morning, and I have to repeat a lot of time, eat, stop talking or singing. And he is not ther for an hour because he eats a lot, no no!!!!!!
THank's for your help
Nath
Can you give more examples of his behavior? What worries you? WHo diagnosed him?
I guess the "degree" of it, is whether I would be concerned or not. I have AD/HD-Combined type. I "space out" a lot. It appears that I may be listening at times, but I'm really not. I know someone is talking but for me it is like background noise. You know it's there, but you really aren't absorbing it. I can be taken out of this very easily though. Someone waving their hand, calling my name, giving a "hey are you listening". This doesn't happen constantly though.
If you have a child though that seems to be "in their own little world" more often then not, that would concern me, and really would be beyond AD/HD.
So my point really, is that it can happen with AD/HD, but it can also happen with other disorders as well. If it's an occasional thing, then I think it may fall in line with AD/HD and maybe a different medication or dosage is needed. If this is pretty much how he is most of the time, then I would really be concerned that something else is going on, and would get him another evaluation.
ladym38884.3829282407Hi,
I won't say he is in his world, he is like if he is thinking about other thing or not interested about what i say so he is not paying attention. I can't understand he cannot pay attention and few minutes later oh he is very attentive.
That is what is worry me. Concentrate and not concetrate at all under medication.
Thank"s
Nath
Hi there. This sounds like it is happening in the mid to late afternoon. My dd is also on concerta and it wears off by about 4 pm if she takes it around 7 am. That is one reason why we added a short acting Ritalin in the afternoons ( 5mg). Here is one tidbit I learned about ADHD: it is a defecit of attention to boring things. If a kid has ADHD, they cannot make themselves focus on things they don't find interesting. I have also learned that they are not so motivated by a long-term goal. They need immediate rewards for doing work. So maybe you could add variety to the game you play with him or ask your doctor about his lack of attention late in the day. Or perhaps you could do the game earlier in the day when the medication is working. Hope this helps.