i know that dry mouth is a side effect of the med and i read that it's important to drink lots of water while on it. my daughter is on it, the only side effect we are dealing with sleep. we just upped to 10 mg over the weekend and i'm pretty sure that i liked her better on 5mg. she said that she's having stomach aches on 10, but that i first heard about today. she's eating well.
good luck!
shelley
Adderall is an amphetamine, maintaining a high fluid intake is critical to avoid dehydration, especially if your body is not tolerant!
maxdad i agree with you about the previous post. I would never try anything on my child that does not have clinical background that me as his mother cant do any research on it.[QUOTE=linderlou]
My son no longer takes Adderall
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I just wanted to tell you my story about my ADHD son. I have a happy ending and thought it may help some other mothers and fathers.
When my son was 7 he was diagnosed with ADHD. He was put on Adderall which seemed to work very well in the beginning. I am not a medication person but I had tried several natural things that helped a little but not enough. The longer he took Adderall the more side effects he had. He got to where he didn't want to eat anything. He couldn't go to sleep at night. He didn't enjoy anything which I guess was the first signs of depression. He grew very little the 3 years he was on Adderall. His personality went from one extreme to the other. At school he looked super focused and at home when the medication wore off he had no focus at all. His dosage went from 5mg to 15mg and was getting ready to go to 20mg when I got him off the medication.
Someone told me serotonin was supposed to help ADHD. I knew nothing about serotonin so I went on the internet and started researching it. I found a product called Neu-Becalmd that was supposed to help increase serotonin and help a lot of my son's symptoms. I tried it and my son has been off of his medication for over 5 years now. He no longer shows the signs of ADHD and he is doing great in school. Neu-Becalmd works different than medication. It actually restores the brain where medication alters it. Neu-Becalmd usually doesn't work as quick as medication but the longer you take it the more benefits you see. You can find Neu-Becalmd by simply adding .com to the name. I learned a lot by reading the information on the website. I hope this helps.
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Folks
This is a blatant sales pitch for a product that has no evidence of efficacy
for ADD ... none.
The website mentioned attempts to fool visitors with pages of scientific
studies about a variety of chemical brain reactions. They intentionally find
the most complicated studies so that the user doesn't understand what they are
reading.
And worst of all, they provide no evidence of a credible clinical study
demonstrating the effectiveness of their product. If the product actually does
anything you think they would be eager to put it to the rigors of a clinical
trial by a credible research University or Hospital.
Be warned. There are dozens of scam products like this out there. Don’t be fooled by their smoke and mirror sales pitches.
MaxDad
Maxdad39072.6390046296After I had taken Adderall XR for about a month and my doseage was increased, I developed the side effect of clenching my teeth. Along with this, I would push my tongue against the back of my upper front teeth to the point that the muscles underneath my tongue would feel sore. In addition, my jaw would become stiff and sore as a result of these side effects. Fortunately after a few weeks, the side effects disapppeared.Sounds like a potential facial tic. People still have some overblown