My son was diagnosed at 5 with adhd and impulse disorder. We have been through pretty much the whole list of meds. We were doing ok on focalin xr until around the middle of December when its effects started going away around 10 in the morning. We waited until the Christmas rush was over to change his meds. He has been on 30 mg vyvanse for the last 20 days. Within 2 day's i knew that this dosage would not be enough. His doc recomended giving him his the afternoon booster we had been giving him before. Methylin 5 mg. ( this was due to the fact that I could not afford to buy a larger doseage to tweek his dosage) His teacher who has been wonderful just called in tears about his behavior for the last week. He has never been cruel or angry, but now he is taunting, the teacher, rolling out of his desk and his grades which were A's and B's have now fallen to C's and D's. Could this attitude change be because the two meds don't work together? Could he just be getting fed up? I am at the point where I am going to pick him up at noon each day for the rest of the week, because, this is not condusive to anyone. I am sure his doc is sick of me, we have been in contact just about every other day for the last month. But I have to be his voice. I guess I just need confirmation that I am not wrong, this med is.
I don't have any answer about your meds, but I just wanted to say that I don't care if I have to call my son's doctor everyday. Sometimes I call two or three times a week until I can figure out what is up with the meds. The doc likes to pooh-pooh me, but it relieves and reassures me that I am doing all that I can to help my son. I figure a month or two is not a long time when you are looking at a lifetime. If something can be figured out in a month from my being a pest, then good. I applaud you for the same exact reason. You are not wrong.