Well my 6 and half year old was diagnosed on tuesday for ADD, the doctor prescribed 30 mg of vyvanse...Well letm e tell you I have been crying on and off since the trip to the doctor..I have so much guilt about medicating my son..and I am having a hard time shaking this..I am goin to start him on it tommoro and monitor him for 3 days before he goes to school on monday so I know everything is gonna be ok..I guess I just need some words of encouragement and support to help get me thru this..I have this terrible thought in my head that Im a bad mother for doing this..but I need to get help for him..he struggles in school..and cannot learn what is being teached and he gets so frusterated with himself and then downs himself and says he has a stupid brain and that just breaks my heart..I know i gotta do something..and I just hope this is the right choice..Im so afraid of side effects and things to that nature and that the medicine is gonna take my little boy away and he wont be the same again..And i cant have that happen it is not an option..any words of encouragment and support would greatly be appreciated or even some good experiences from parents whose children are also on this medicineMedicating one's child is a difficult decision to make. It's been the right decision for us. My daughter is happy, more self confident, less stressed and our home is a much calmer place. I second guess myself from time to time and questions if it is the right thing to do. All I need to do is take her off for a day or two and I know it's the right thing.
Good luck and I hope it all goes ok for you guys. Don't get discouraged if it the vyvanse doesn't help, there are lots of other options out there.
yea i know..i just hope this works for him..the main goal that we are reaching for him is to only be on it for a couple years and hoping that he will mature enuff to learn how to train and focus on his own without the meds but right now with him being 6 he just cant..it is too hard for him. this is not a medcine i will be keeping him on long term..just for a couple years.
We are in the exact same boat, at the exact same time. The only difference my six and half year old is a girl. Last Saturday, we tried Concerta for one day. It was horrible. She was so far from her usual self. We switched doctors because the psychiatrist who was treating her did not care at all about her mental well being. She would boot us out the door when our twenty minutes was up and doubted every word we would say. Her pediatrician is now treating her. He wrote her a prescription today for Vyvanse 20mg. We had to take her to get an EKG today before he will allow us to start her on the medication. He does this for precautionary reasons for all his ADHD patients. But, the guilt is killing me. I was sitting at the hospital today while she was getting an EKG of her heart just thinking how crazy this is. I have to give my child a medication that may affect the functioning of her heart. But, what else can I do? She is struggling at home, she is struggling at school, she is struggling in her social life. She is struggling in every aspect of her life and she has no self-esteem left. We were doing homework tonight and she threw her pencil across the room because she was so frustrated with herself. She started crying and asking me why she has to be like this. All I can tell her is to do the best she can and we are trying to help her in every possible way.
When I brought up the guilt I was feeling to her therapist, he told me that if she was diabetic I wouldn't deny her the insulin. He said he views it as child abuse to not give a child a medicine when you medically know they need it. I heard something on a radio program one day that struck a cord with me. They said when people have a hurt knee they take medicine to fix it, when they have a bad heart they take medicine to fix it, but when they have a "hurt" brain nobody wants to take medicine to fix it.
I don't know if any of this helps or makes it worse for you, but I just wanted you to know that I feel your pain. As a mother, I am doubting myself in every way right now.
No...your not making me worry..that was actually something very interesting to think about..and its true..if my child was diabetic therei s no way i would deny him the medicine he needs to regulate his sugar..I guess the same goes for these meds..i cant deny him the right to a good edcuation..the right to a better self esteem..i dunno i just feel so much guilt and i think alot of it is because of the side effects..or i should say possible side effects..i mean not every child gets them..and im just hoping and praying that mine doesnt get any of the bad ones from this....I feel your pain as well..it just seems so morally wrong but so right at the same time..i have had a migraine for 3 days over this..it just kills me..and I have talked to my son and he said he wants to try it because he wants to be able to understand the stuff they are teaching him in school...it literally breaks my heart when he struggles with his work so..he knows how to do it..he just cant put it on paper..therei s too much other things goin on in his head to allow him to do that..When are you starting your vyvanse for your daughter?Hi!
This is my very first post here. I had to register when I saw your post. I have a 6 year old son who has been on Vyvanse for 2 weeks today. Two weeks ago he got suspended from school for hurting another child. And that is when I knew I had to do something. I came to the conclusion that I was doing my son an injustice if I was keeping him from meds, and that is what he needed.
His kindergarten year was pretty rough but the beginning of this year was horrible. He was in trouble every day and he would tell me that he didn't know why he was doing those things...he was just born that way. I have cried so much over this it is crazy. I have been avoiding the medicine thing for what seems an eternity...even though he's only six.
So while he was suspended I took him to a psych doc and they started him on Vyvanse 30mg. I had to take him to a walk in clinic for an EKG...and of course I cried becuase I was thinking that I'm going to be giving my son something that could hurt his heart. The very first day there was a huge difference. He was home for the first two days on meds (because he was suspended) and then back to school on that Friday. His teacher was 100% amazed at the results. He has had double star days since...not that it's been that long. I do notice that he is way more touchy with me and a lot more sensitive and argumentative with me only it seems. After a few yelling sessions I have come to the conclusion that he can't help it most of the time and I need to stop reacting to his actions and just let them pass. And he is usually over it in a matter of minutes.
OMGosh I am so happy you posted here. Please keep in touch with me as we seem to be going through the same thing at the same time.
You to dysyd1001...I hope this is the answer for him...just for a few years anyways.
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