Mornings are always a problem and we have had to resort to several strategies to make it work. First as mentioned in other postings we wake our guy and give him meds a 1/2 hour before he has to actually get up. But even before then the actual waking has been a problem, so now if he doesn't wake we spray him with a mister bottle of water. Very effective and helps to get him moving. Once he's up we allow our guy 10 minutes in the jacuzzi where he has time to focus and become human.
Paul
Well my mornings are never really that great, but this a.m. was probably the worse we've ever had! DS got up in a really fowl mood...I went in to wake and and he began yelling because he didn't want to get up, calling me names throwing things, you name it he was doing it. He was so out of control, I sent my dd across the stree to my friends so she wouldn't be in the cross fire! My ds is on 45 mg. of concerta, which we reduced from 54 mg. because of tics. He also takes 1 mg of tenax (1/2 in a.m. and 1/2 at pm) for the past 4 weeks things had been going great...mornings weren't perfect, but they were doable...no rebound in the evenings..school was good. Then this week hit..oh boy!!! Mornings a nightmare again, school a bit of trouble arguing with teachers and kids...slight rebound in the pm.
Just don't know how much more I can take! Right now I am locked in my room typing this while he cools off. Concerta should be kicking in soon and then all will be fine. Question....do all stims cause this a.m. behavior? He wasn't like this before he started meds...which has been for 3 years now!
Thanks for listening. I think I am able to go out and deal better than I did before. I swear I could have beat him if I didn't have my wits about me! That is terrible to say. I love my son and he really is a great kid...just the a.m. is so damn hard!!!!!!!
mY SON 9, IS ON VYVANCE. IT TENDS NOT TO HAVE THOSE UPS AND DOWNS AND IS A GOOD MEDICATON. BUT AS YOU SAID YOU ARE DEALING WITH TICS. ASK YOUR DOC ABOUT VYVANSE AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS.spamula:
We tried Vyvanse for two months and it was a nightmare. He was an emotional wreck...major melt downs, crying for no reason..very angry and this started at 3:00 p.m. and lasted most of the evening. Thanks for the advice though!
mars
We have horrible mornings too. I just think it's part of the whole ADHD thing.
Will tried Vyvvanse also, but had the same problems you stated, very irritable and just nasty. He is now taking Concerta and seems to be doing ok. Not great, but maybe a little better.
Hang in there..
Aaron's Mom:
Thanks for replying. I have tried in the past waking him up, but that was worse...he wouldn't go back to sleep and then he wouldn't eat breakfast. We too have a rule that if a toy, book, etc gets thrown, it becomes mine for a week. He usually doesn't throw (use to as a toddler), but this time, I guess he was so agitated he didn't know what else to do. Even though he has a list of ways to deal with his anger that are appropriate. We also tried the shower in the a.m., but he was late for the bus every day...he takes WAY too long in the shower. Even tried timing it, but that didn't work well either. I usually do wake him up a little before hand then just leave his door open and every once and a while say "come on bud time to get up". Today we had a great morning. I guess there is going to be good and bad.
Thanks again.
Mars
Some people here wake their kids about an hour before they are suppose to get up and give them their meds. Then put them back to sleep. Have you tried that? My youngest has been a thrower since he was a baby. He has stopped almost entirely now at home (he still throws at school). I started several years ago taking any toy that he threw and put it away. I am not good at remembering (that is a fact) to give them back. He lost a couple toys for over a year because I forgot to give them back. I don't make any big deal out of it only to say that any toy that he throws is mine. He has to wait at least a week to get any toys back. Unless, I forget. Do you wake your son up right when he needs to wake up? I would try gradually waking him up, giving the extra time to do this. Wake him up several times before you expect him to get up. I start waking both my boys up about fifteen minutes before I expect them to be up. If he is old enough to take a shower maybe have take a shower if there is time when he gets up. It will give him some alone time to wake up by himself.
Maybe he just had a very bad day or morning. Everybody does, it just alot worse for us as parents when our kids do it. Plus, school is almost out and we are all (parents and kids) tired of school. I would just be consistant in what you are doing for the throwing, it has taken years for my son to figure out he looses his toys. Also, when my son goes into a tantrum or rage he has to go to his room till he settles down. I have explained to him that this isn't a punishment only someplace he can go and calm down. At first he didn't get it, but after awhile he knows and can come out on his own if he is calm.I had to change my morning routine and let my son sleep until he woke up on his own then I drove him to school. On stims they tend to have a hard time having a good night of sleep which multplys everything becasue they are just tired.Wyatt's Mom
I am beginning to wonder if that is my son's problem because a light bulb went on yesterday and today (weekend), he woke up both days just fine, but he got up when he wanted to. Might have to try the driving to school for the last 3 weeks and see if there is a difference.
Thanks.