After trying to find a Doctor to even see my son we found a wonderful behavior psychaitrist. After being with my 4yr old DS for 10 minutes he was more than conviced that he has ADHA and put him on Adderall. Let me 1st give you a little backround. He was diagnosed at 3 1/2 with ADHD by a clinical pshychologist at Children's Hospital, but the pediatricians wouldn't do anything. They did work with us on behavioral modications but nothing really seemed to be working.
So now we started Adderall on Monday at 1.25mg twice a day. Things were better but the Dr. suggested to start there to see how the medicine reacted with him and then we could up the dose. So the 2nd day we upped the dose to 2.5mg twice a day. He is great in the morning but in aftenoon he gets wound up and then once the meds wear off he is bouncing off the walls and not going to bed. Could it be a side effect of the medicine or should I call to get something different or have the dose changed again?
We have seen such an improvement in his behavior and how he plays with his brother. He even has been telling me repeatedly how much he loves me (which rarely happened before this). I am still not real happy about putting him on meds but I am sooooo happy with the outcome! Thanks for all your support!
Hilary
hilsmit39850.2556944444That sounds like rebound or what you called bouncing off the walls. I think you need to ask your doc about it sometimes an extra short acting dose might help sometimes they change the dose, or change the med.So glad to hear of positive outcomes!! I'd personally give it a little while for things to get adjusted, but like spamula says, there may be better options as far as RX for you.