How were the Med breaks?? | ADHD Information

1.  what meds did you stop?Ritalin LA

2.  How long did you stop the meds?All summer, every day off school

3.  What were the side effects of no meds?No bad ones

4.  Do your child experience any irritability?No more than any child

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha)Again, no more than with my other children

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth?Yes, he gained at least 10 pounds

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back?None

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs?None

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what?None

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms?The main symptoms we see are when he has homework.  No homework- no symptoms

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting?Hasn't wet the bed since age 2, never took meds till he was 9

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse?None

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent?N/A

14.  Was discipline a problem?Never is, or has been

15.  How did you discipline?Take away priveleges

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions?Always has been a night owl, no different on or off meds really

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms?Only go to doc for med checks, so no

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)?Does very well alone or with older brother, same on or off meds

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite?Definately

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply?N/A

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements?My child is above average, no difficulties at all

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

 

1.  what meds did you stop?  Daytrana 20 mg, Concerta 27 mgs

 

2.  How long did you stop the meds? 3 months, the entire summer vacation/ Christmas Break

3.  What were the side effects of no meds? Lack of sleep, slight attitude issues

4.  Do your child experience any irritability? Yes

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha) No, I do get irritable, but it was probably from stress and lack of sleep

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth? No, DD has never had a "growth" problem. She actually has an appetite Increase on most meds, so we battle her being overweight.

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back? no, nothing really

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs? She lost 3 granparents in less than a year, probably a mental setback for anyone

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what? She does not act age appropriate at times, she is LOUD, and talks too much at times.

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms? About the same, she is Innattentive, so we don't really notice alot of symptoms.

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting? Not since just before age 2

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse? No, DD has never been clingy

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent? same home

14.  Was discipline a problem? Discipline is always a problem, she is a "tween"

15.  How did you discipline? I take everything away, and she has to earn it back.

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions? no, just trouble falling asleep

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms?

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)? No

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite? No

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply? N/A

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? No, she actually increased her "reading time" on her own off meds. Maybe it took longer to read something?

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

I did notice that when we started meds again , even after 2 weeks off it is nbecessary to start at a smaller dose, and gradually raise the dose to "normal". It takes a week or so to do this.

Ok, I'm going to do a report on the med breaks you all did over the summer.  Let me know how the med breaks were please. 

answer these few questions for me, there are no right or wrong answers.  I'm not judging you, it might even entice me to do it next summer. 

Just cut and paste these questions on your next post in this thread.

1.  what meds did you stop?

2.  How long did you stop the meds?

3.  What were the side effects of no meds?

4.  Do your child experience any irritability?

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha)

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth?

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back?

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs?

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what?

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms?

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting?

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse?

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent?

14.  Was discipline a problem?

15.  How did you discipline?

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions?

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms?

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)?

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite?

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply?

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements?

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

 

I will leave all names out, unless you want me to add names.  That would prove helpfully at times.  All participation would be helpful. 

 

Thanks, Ogram the lowly admin.

1.  what meds did you stop? My son was taking concerta 36 when school ended.  I started tenex and weaned from the concerta.

2.  How long did you stop the meds? The whole summer.  However there were a few events so I would give my son a concerta 18 to get through, like a wedding.

3.  What were the side effects of no meds? My son was more hyper and goofy and looked to bring his brothers into wild play, lots of running shoving tumbling.  He interups more and is smart mouthed...

4.  Do your child experience any irritability? Less than when on meds.

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha) Well I ask them to stop rough play in the house and got no response... Grrrr...  When they go at each other it makes me angry.  When I am trying to talk to another son the one off the meds butts in and makes comments that upset the other one.  I ask him to leave while I handle the other one and he just keeps talking back.

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth? Yes he gained weight and height.

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back? Oh yes!!!

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs? Other than worse behavior not really.

9.  Did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what? Actually other than his brothers he was fine with other people.

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms? I really think some of the things I am doing with nutrition and supplements have lessened the symptoms.  He was less than before...  The first day or two is always worse but levels off.

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting? No.

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse? No.

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent? NA

14.  Was discipline a problem? No just more often.

15.  How did you discipline? Time outs

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions? Yes but I think it was the tenex. He started sleepwalking.  When I lowered the Tenex and gave it earlier the sleep walking stopped.

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms? No

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)? He was only 9 but the short times he was alone he was great. I would never leave him alone with his brother!!!

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite? Yes Yes Yes!!! But that leveled off too.

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply? No

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? We only read for fun over the summer.

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful. 

 

1.  what meds did you stop?  Daytrana

2.  How long did you stop the meds? All summer and any vacation time

3.  What were the side effects of no meds?  Increased irritability, more talking, less patience, more meltdowns, increased overreaction to minor problems, complete disorganization

4.  Do your child experience any irritability? YES!

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha) Yes I do.  I am also ADD so it is a real challenge for us to deal with each other

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth? I didn't notice a huge growth spurt.  Her doctor keeps a good eye on it, as my daughter is petite to being with

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back? No

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs? No

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what? Yes.  Any time she is not currently on her meds (vacation, weekends) there can be big issues with socialization.  It seems like there are certain personalities she finds tremendously irritating and then she really lashes out when they irritate her.  It takes the tiniest thing to set her off. 

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms? Less.  As she gets older I see more and more improvement, even if it is only slight.

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting? No

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse? She is a very clingy child to begin with.  Her therapist said this type of thing is quite common with only children of single parents - and is even more intense when the child and the parent are the same gender. 

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent? N/A

14.  Was discipline a problem? Yes

15.  How did you discipline? I eliminate t.v. shows and do not allow her to attend events - birthday parties, movies, etc.

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions? She has only a little trouble falling asleep.  Once asleep she rarely wakes up.

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms? No

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)? N/A

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite? Overall there was an increase in appetite.  But it was not consistant.

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply? N/A

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? No, she likes to read

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

 

I will leave all names out, unless you want me to add names.  That would prove helpfully at times.  All participation would be helpful. 

 

1.  what meds did you stop? Vyvance

2.  How long did you stop the meds?2 weeks

3.  What were the side effects of no meds? Since she is off, she is worse than ever

4.  Do your child experience any irritability?Just regular crudy attitude

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha) No more than usual

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth? She is tall anyway

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back? Slide back, her 4 year old sister acts more mature

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs? Acting like a 2 year old at age 8

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what? Nope, Social Butterfly

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms? More

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting? Not that she has told me

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse?Always

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent?NA

14.  Was discipline a problem?At times

15.  How did you discipline? Grounding or taking stuff away, sometimes time out.

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions?No

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms?Yes and it is 77 miles away.

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)?

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite?

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply?

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? No that would be Dad

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

 

I will leave all names out, unless you want me

1.  what meds did you stop? Adderall XR 15 mg

2.  How long did you stop the meds?  all summer (about 3 months)

3.  What were the side effects of no meds? not really anything bad. To me he seemed a lot more like a normal kid.

4.  Do your child experience any irritability? Not any more than usual

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha) A little cause it took a little more effort to get out the door

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth? He was able to finally gain some weight

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back? he's usually a lot more mature than his peers but during the break he was more on their level

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs? no

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what? no

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms? I would say probably about the same maybe slightly less

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting? no

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse? he was definitey more attentive

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent? n/a

14.  Was discipline a problem? not really

15.  How did you discipline? By grounding or losing provilages

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions? no he slept better

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms? no

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)? n/a

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite? YES

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply? n/a

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? just had some trouble focusing

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful.

Just cut and paste these questions on your next post in this thread.

1.  what meds did you stop? Ritalin La 10 Mg

2.  How long did you stop the meds?  End of June and for the whole summer.  we also give breaks for vacations from school.

3.  What were the side effects of no meds?  easily distracted more energy, increased behavior problems but workable.

4.  Do your child experience any irritability?  when tired and sometimes in the early evenings she gets real irritable but that occurs with and without meds.

5.  Did you experience any irritability toward your child? (ha ha)  Yes at times when she is melting down  it is frustrating but once I vent a bit in the basement (where I am alone) I feel better then later feel guilty.

6.  Did you see or take note any physical growth?  She is still getting taller no problems.

7.  Did you note any mental maturity or slide back?  Always on and off she loves to regress.

8.  Did your child have any mental set backs?  I am unsure it is hard to say.

9.  did your child have problems with socialization skills, if so what?  She wants to dictate what to play sometimes and other times she is on her own wave length.

10.  Did your child have more symptoms of ADHD than before being put on meds or less symptoms?  The medications really help and yes her symptoms are more noticeable without.  Without it is more difficult on her focusing.

11.  Did you notice any bed wetting?  She used to bed wet over a year ago and recently she did 1x and I never make a big deal out of it.

12.  Did you notice any clinging to you or your spouse?  Oh yes she clings to me all the time recently but i do not think meds have anything to do with it.

13.  If you and the other parent are living in separate homes, did your child not want to visit his/her other parent?  N/A

14.  Was discipline a problem?  It always is with our without meds.

15.  How did you discipline?  Time out, and  time stand still loses a privilege until she can demonstrate what she needs to do something our psychologist is having us do.

16.  Did your child have sleep interruptions?  She always has depending on her day the more hyper the worse it is.  In the summer however between camp and I taking her to the pool daily and soccer not much of a problem.

17.  Did you have to visit your child's doctor more often due to ADHD symptoms? I normally just call the psychologist and consult over the phone and every few months an office visit.  The doctor we only see for the meds and some of the issues.

18.  Was your child out of control when left home alone (if old enough)?  Not old enough and due to her immaturity level will not happen until I am comfortable.

19.  Did you notice an increase in appetite?  Yes

20.  Did your child have any problems with the law, ie traffic tickets, disrupting the peace,parking tickets or any thing else that might apply?  N/A

21.  Did you have any problems with your child reading or keeping up with required scholastic achievements? She loves to read believe it or not.

22.  Is there any thing else you might have noticed that you care to add to this questioning that you feel might be helpful?  I cannot think of anything at this time.