Has anyone here have medication not help?

Is the pediatrician the one who diagnosed her and is writing prescriptions? Pediatricians aren't the right doctor's for ADHD. She needs a neuropsychologist to diagnos. Unless your pediatrician specializes in ADHD, I would have her reevaluated by a neuro.

Our school has to do an evaluation first then we can go to the neuro. per our insurance. That is how we are able to get it covered by insurance. I would never go by what a teacher or pediatrician says. Our pediatrician told us himself that this is not his field of expertise. He can help them when they are sick, broken bones, physicals, but not mental health. I respected him tremendously for that! He can write prescripts, and has for us, but he just writes what the psychopharmacologist writes for us.

I would recommend a full evaluation by a pediatric neuropsychologist.

Just my opinion.

Oh and the meds, we struggled with both adderallxr and concerta and concerta worked best for DS. Get the eval so you will know what is exactly going on and go to a professional!!

Best wishes.

Beth

Yes, it was the same pediatrician that diagnosed my daughter and prescribed medication. 

I will have to see where I can find a pediatric neurophysiologist.  I live in small town but would be willing to drive to find someone good who can help us.  Would they be able to evaluate her for LD’s as well? 

I was very naïve when I had her testing done at school. I left it up to the testing facility and I just figured they would test for everything.  We had to wait many months for the tests to be completed.  I thought if she had dyslexia or CAPD it would show up and they would find it.  I always felt like there was something more going on.  I can see it being ADHD with a LD or a processing disorder. 

You all have been great and I really appricate the feedback.

Thanks!

yes they can test for LD's.

I kind of thought that since she wasn't seeing any positive results from taking the meds you have tried so far, that maybe she had LD's instead.

I am not a doctor, any type, just a mom.

What cities do you live near? Could your pediatrician refer you to anyone??

My daughter is only 6 so we only have certain medicine's that we can use for her because of her age, but we have tried her on all but 2 for her age that we can and she had a really really bad reaction to all of them until we tried the oldest one Dexadrine and it is really working good for her.  Now don't get me wrong she also has bipolar so some of the reactions we gotten may have been because of that also but it has taken us 6month to a year to finally find something that is working good for her.

Thanks so much!

I will check with my insurance. I have a feeling they won’t cover it but you never know.  Another question…will a college do testing for research?  My brother is going to a university and he is checking with his professor for some advice.  His professor deals more with CAPD and speech problems.  I just was wondering if universities ever did testing for a lower cost?

She needs a full neuropsychologist evaluation, and they can tease out ALL the disabilities. However, this is VERY expensive. You could try to get school to pay for it, and I think they should, but you WILL have a fight on your hands, and if you are not sure exactly what to ask for, you'll need an advocate. Try calling your insurance company and seeing if there is a neuropsychologist that is in your plan, especially one who specializes in educational testing. Sometimes going through a large teaching hospital is successful, wherever the closest major city is.

As the otehrs have stated above it may not be a bad idea to continue trying some other meds to see if you have success.

I live a hour from Cincinnatti and a hour from Indianpolis so that's not so bad.  I tried looking some information onlne.  I will spend time later looking into it.  Insurance will pay for that? 

yes, some will. Ours at the time my son was evaluated did, 100%

Now we are on a different one and they won't pay for our daughter unless the school referrs us.

Call your insurance company and ask.

Also once you find a place, make sure you are covered before going, just in case!

My 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive) type last year.  I also believe there is something else going along with the ADD because she has a horrible time processing and spelling.  Her thoughts are often out of order when she talks and she has a hard time memorizing spelling words and math facts.  She excels in math and science and does poor in writing and spelling.

We started medication a month ago because she has been having a hard time focusing in class.  Teachers would notice her thinking of other things instead of listening, she forgets to finish papers, she also seems to be daydreaming.

We tried Concerta 18 milligrams and it was upped to 36.  No changes.  We switched to Adderall xr (15) and no changes.  The dr doubled it last week and still no changes at school. The dr said if this does not work then it’s not ADHD and it’s something else and the school needs to do more testing to find out what the problem is. 

Has this happened to anyone?  How long did it take to find the right dosage?  I’m not totally convinced she is ADHD and am really confused what to do next.  I have always had my doubts. 

DD tried several different meds before we found one that worked. Many people try many meds ,there is no "right med for everyone".

I am curious as to her evaluation, who did it? Usually if ADHD is diagnosed it is a definitive diagnosis, and although sometimes there is a misdiagnosis, it is rare. It is possible she could have a processing disorder, or another LD. Has she been tested for CAPD? Dysgraphia? Dyscalculia?

She was tested by the school last year.  She had huge discrepancies in English,writing, and reading.   The psychologist observed her and said definite ADHD.

My husband is dyslexic.  I have asked the school a number of times if that’s possible with her.  No one really understands what dyslexia is.  Should I get her retested by the school? I don’t know where to go outside of school and I feel so lost with this whole thing.  She does get help at school and she has a IEP.  Her IEP states that she has ADHD.

This is how we got the diagnoses.  I filled out the Vaderbilt Assesment and so did her teacher.  I took both assessments to the dr and she diagnosed her ADHD right away and was willing to put her on medication before we even had the testing started at school. I said “no” to that because I wanted to wait for testing.

We finally got the testing done at the end of last school year.  She had a -28 on written expression part of the test and some other high discrepancies.  The psychologist observed her in class and diagnosed her with ADHD. 

This year the teaches are noticing processing problems.  She is also have difficulties with memorization.  She messes up spelling simple words

“they” is “thay”

This is a answer she wrote to a history question.  This is very typical for her.

5.       What was one cause of the American Revolution?

 "the taxes war to hight"

Any help is greatly appreciated!

My 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive) type last year.  I also believe there is something else going along with the ADD because she has a horrible time processing and spelling.  Her thoughts are often out of order when she talks and she has a hard time memorizing spelling words and math facts.  She excels in math and science and does poor in writing and spelling.

We started medication a month ago because she has been having a hard time focusing in class.  Teachers would notice her thinking of other things instead of listening, she forgets to finish papers, she also seems to be daydreaming.

We tried Concerta 18 milligrams and it was upped to 36.  No changes.  We switched to Adderall xr (15) and no changes.  The dr doubled it last week and still no changes at school. The dr said if this does not work then it’s not ADHD and it’s something else and the school needs to do more testing to find out what the problem is. 

Has this happened to anyone?  How long did it take to find the right dosage?  I’m not totally convinced she is ADHD and am really confused what to do next.  I have always had my doubts.