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<blockquote data-quote="nlg319" data-source="post: 84937" data-attributes="member: 3637"><p>Please take what I say lightly, I'm not a doctor or a nurse, I can only tell you my experience and my understanding. difficult child#2 was on Concerta for a while then one day I got a call from the school nurse telling me that difficult child#2 was in the office complaining of a racing heart. She took his heart rate and it was quite elevated. She thought I should take him right to psychiatrist, which I did. psychiatrist wanted school nurse to track his heart rate off and on Concerta. We did this for 2 weeks. The results were not very significant but psychiatrist referred us to a cardiologist. Cardiologist did a complete workup and found nothing abnormal about difficult child#2's heart. difficult child#2 stayed on Concerta for just a short period of time after that and ended because it seemed to stop working effectively. </p><p></p><p>My understanding is that all of these stimulants(Adderal,Concerta,Ritalin,Metadate) are all forms of ritalin which IS a stimulant so if you think about it,any stimulant, whether it be caffeine or a prescribed medication, WILL increase your heart rate.</p><p></p><p>difficult child#2 has not had any more problems with racing heart. in my humble opinion, I would wait until he sees the cardiologist, especially with his history of anxiety. I feel bad since your difficult child really wants to try it and is able to have insight as to how he feels and wants to change it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlg319, post: 84937, member: 3637"] Please take what I say lightly, I'm not a doctor or a nurse, I can only tell you my experience and my understanding. difficult child#2 was on Concerta for a while then one day I got a call from the school nurse telling me that difficult child#2 was in the office complaining of a racing heart. She took his heart rate and it was quite elevated. She thought I should take him right to psychiatrist, which I did. psychiatrist wanted school nurse to track his heart rate off and on Concerta. We did this for 2 weeks. The results were not very significant but psychiatrist referred us to a cardiologist. Cardiologist did a complete workup and found nothing abnormal about difficult child#2's heart. difficult child#2 stayed on Concerta for just a short period of time after that and ended because it seemed to stop working effectively. My understanding is that all of these stimulants(Adderal,Concerta,Ritalin,Metadate) are all forms of ritalin which IS a stimulant so if you think about it,any stimulant, whether it be caffeine or a prescribed medication, WILL increase your heart rate. difficult child#2 has not had any more problems with racing heart. in my humble opinion, I would wait until he sees the cardiologist, especially with his history of anxiety. I feel bad since your difficult child really wants to try it and is able to have insight as to how he feels and wants to change it! [/QUOTE]
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