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Concerta 54 "It makes me so jittery, but I can concentrate better"
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 391069" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I hope you can work something out between you, the doctor and Jumper. She especially needs to feel she can own the choice being made. I found the same thing when easy child 2/difficult child 2 was the same age; I didn't want her to cut her dose but she spoke to the doctor (in my presence) and complained that the medications made her feel 'flat' and boring. So he okayed a drop and we found she could still function academically, even though she became a lot more hyper on the lower dose. We gradually got used to the new easy child 2/difficult child 2 and she also got used to needing to apply her own dampers on her enthusiasm and "blondeness". </p><p></p><p>And I think that's an important point too - as they get older, they learn to apply their own controls and this overlays any medications. In those who are unmedicated, the need to learn your own controls is much stronger and if it is possible, they do learn to do it. I know difficult child 1 wouldn't have been able to make much adjustment without medications, he needed it too much. Ditto with difficult child 3. But in some more borderline cases, they do grow up without medications and learn to adapt anyway. So a low dose could be a valuable compromise - give her enough control, when she needs it, and at other times she has to learn to manage and find her own coping skills.</p><p></p><p>She's a smart girl and very self-aware; that is gold also.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 391069, member: 1991"] I hope you can work something out between you, the doctor and Jumper. She especially needs to feel she can own the choice being made. I found the same thing when easy child 2/difficult child 2 was the same age; I didn't want her to cut her dose but she spoke to the doctor (in my presence) and complained that the medications made her feel 'flat' and boring. So he okayed a drop and we found she could still function academically, even though she became a lot more hyper on the lower dose. We gradually got used to the new easy child 2/difficult child 2 and she also got used to needing to apply her own dampers on her enthusiasm and "blondeness". And I think that's an important point too - as they get older, they learn to apply their own controls and this overlays any medications. In those who are unmedicated, the need to learn your own controls is much stronger and if it is possible, they do learn to do it. I know difficult child 1 wouldn't have been able to make much adjustment without medications, he needed it too much. Ditto with difficult child 3. But in some more borderline cases, they do grow up without medications and learn to adapt anyway. So a low dose could be a valuable compromise - give her enough control, when she needs it, and at other times she has to learn to manage and find her own coping skills. She's a smart girl and very self-aware; that is gold also. Marg [/QUOTE]
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