Went to the doctor today. He wants to up the adderallxr from 10mg to 15mg. He wants to try to stay on one drug before addding another.
We are going to try it. At least we are on a 9 day Easter break to let ds get used to the new dosage.
Is guanfacine a stimulant? Does it affect sleep or appetite? My 5 yr old has been on adderallxr for 2 months and has done great. But in the last 2 weeks the evenings have been terrible for him and all of us. He is emotional, argumentative, has excessive talking, no focus. But at school all is well.
My doc asked if we needed the dosage upped on Tues and I said no. But now I am reconsidering. Is adding a PM med. better than just upping the dosage of the daytime med?
Maybe ask the dr. about adding guanfacine in the PM to help w/ the evenings? Our evenings used to be atrocious after ds' stimulant wore off. W/ adding guanfacine, they normally go smoothly now.I think if the rebound is horrible after a few months it's worth trying another medication.My daughter has been on Adderal XR for two months- the first month we used 10 mg. She took it at 7am. I noticed her handwriting imporved drastically and she was calm during the day- less temper tantrums and anger and less violence, but by 7pm- she has a rebound effect horribly. So we increased it this month to 20 mg.