Another Daytrana Question | ADHD Information

Try putting the patch on earlier and taking it off earlier.My son has been on Daytrana for about two weeks and I love it.  We put it on as soon as he wakes up and take it off at 3:30pm everyday.  He doesn't start school until 11:40am. 

Everything was wonderful the first two weeks.  He was eating like crazy while on the patch as for the Dexidrine he wouldn't eat at all.   He was also going to bed on time.  Now two weeks later I put him to bed at 8:45 and he is still up to about 10 to 10:30.  I put him to bed tonight at 9 and he is still up.   So he goes to bed late he sleeps late also. 

Do I need to ask my doctor if I need to give him another medication for him to go to bed on time or what?  It is getting a little frustrating since I like going to bed early.
My son uses melatonin to help him sleep.  The patch was the worst in terms of insomnia.  He is now taking Vyvanse.

We also are on daytrana.

My daughter sleeps better if she is well hydrated.  It seems to minimize some of the medicine's effects.  I always try to get her to drink at least 16 ounces of water when we take the patch off.

But I also have melatonin as a back-up.  We buy the cherry flavor 1 mg that melt under your tongue at GNC.  Start with 1mg ... give 1 hour before bedtime.  That will help on nights he can't sleep.