Can any one explain rebound to me | ADHD Information

I am looking for a few answers on adderal xr and rebounding,,,my son has a mental breakdown everynight since he started this med,,screaming , crying, he hates his life,,wishes he wasnt here,,,is this common I posted in the parents of add children section, and  a few answered it was rebounding,, I havent found many answers there,,can anyone let me know'

thanks

rebounding is not fun, and as a 36 year old adult I couldn't handle it, let alone my wife wanted to put me out of my misery

what turned out for me was that I am extremly sensitive to these meds, so basically I was overdosing on amphetamines,
what I did. FWIW

lowered dose from 20mg xr to 10mg xr
no anything with citric acid, oj, sprite, 7-up etc. the only rootbeer that does not have citric acid so far is A&W

LOTS OF WATER, the day that I crashed so bad, I went the entire day without drinking any water, and wasn't hungry.
the more water I drink the better adderall works for me, go figure.

added wellbutrin xr at 150mg helped me with mood.

now if you ask my doctor his opinion was that a 20mg adderall xr was not a very large dose, but for me it was. same with the wellbutrin, heck my kids are on 300mg doses of wellbutrin, with no problems, not me.

to shutdown at night, this is when I will drink oj sprite etc.
I also most nights use a ambien or xanax, also at 1/4 the pill, just enough to shut me down.

as for the mental breakdown it's one of two directions, the emotionall down is when the med is wearing off. now two choices, a fast acting med to smooth out the rest of the day(at times I do this) or shutdown the med with food with citric acid. there may be more ways but this is what has helped me.

the benifits have been worth this, the better instant recall of words are there when I try to "remember" them and I can see the bigger picture more often than without the med.


Brian

I am no shrink and do not know if this is common or not. But I do believe that when a kid (or anyone) starts talking about hating their life and wishing they were not here, it can be extremely dangerous. I am a pretty happy person most of the time, but I have had bad reactions to different drugs before. I know that the panic, anxiety, and depression can be so overwhelming that death starts to look like a viable option. I am sure that in most people this is not the case. But I know from experience that it is possible.

The following is just my personal opinion as a parent (I am not a doctor). I would talk to the doctor immediately and get my child off this medication (or change the dosage). Unless his ADD is so unmanageable that he is a danger to himself or others, it is not worth the risk. 

But the key is to explain this situation to the psychiatrist immediatley.

Maybe others on this board will think I am over-reacting. As I said, I am not a mental health professional, I just speak from personal experience.

rebound is inevitable in short acting stimulants.  When you take them you lose your ADD symptoms temporily only to have them come back WORSE than they were before you took the stimulant.

I would try a longer acting drug, such as strattera, wellbutrine or reboxetine.