12 year old son off his meds | ADHD Information

My 12 year old son was taken off his meds for weekends and holidays as per his dr/therapist too. he was so much happier and has gained at least 10 lbs in 2 weeks and grew an inch or so. MY son decided that he was going to not take them at all. it has been 2 weeks w/o the meds and he is so much happier. Don't know about school yet because the last progress report he got c,s and d,s on the meds. we need to give him some time to make up what he screwed up on and see if he can function w/o them at school. He so does not want to have ADHD anymore but the fact is he stil is so hyyyyyyper it is making everyone at home crazy. He says he does not act that way at school. no calls from any teachers yet so I guess that is a good sign because they call for anything however small it may be. I think I am going through menopause and it just fries my sences. he is really trying hard to be good.

My son is 10 and has been on medication for just over 3 years. In the last year my concerns have continued to grow. He has never been extremely outgoing but it seem as though he has actually regressed in the social and emotional areas. He is very reclusive and spends most of his time alone. He does not speak to his classmates at all, according to his teachers. What I have noticed in the last 2 days without his medicine (I wanted to see the difference) he is also much happier, friendlier, and more involved with everyone in the house. We just sat down and I asked him what he did not like about his medicine made him feel he had plenty to say. He feels "rage" and he is more sad because he does not know when the "rage" will come back. Wow, I had no idea. He also said that he does not want to take the medicine anymore. He does not like the way his heart beats and he feels nervous all the time.

Like you I am letting hime go to school tomorrow without it before we head to the doctor. I want to know how this is going to play out as far as his behavior at school. I do not want him on the medicine and I feel horrible that he has felt this way and that I had no idea it was doing this to him. I knew that he had changed but I thought I was doing the best thing for his future. His grades have fallen this year and we actually just increased his dose 1 month ago. I want him off of these meds permanently.