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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 534934" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>I was going to say what IC said, as soon as you know it is the ticket (or not)....THEN you would want to switch to long acting. There is a big benefit to short acting and it is just what IC said, quick in, quick out. If there is a problem you are not going to see him suffer for so long. It is also easier to figure out what dose you need then they can better calculate the long acting. For my nephew, there have been times that long acting could not be done because that seemed to affect his sleep a nd eating so much but by switching to the short acting, he had times of day he could eat and it left his system better and he was able to sleep. Even if you go with long acting, it i s nice to have the short. My son will sometimes sleep in REALLY late. I then may use short acting all day. Usually I use the short acting just for after 9.5 hours after dosing the concerta, and then we use Ritalin to get through the rest of the day (you know how they say when a child needs it you dont see it affect them as much for side effects? My son is a dramatic case of that, he DOESN"T eat off of it and has never had issues with sleep. I can give it to him at 9 and he can fall asleep....like if we are out at an activity or something, he will fall asleep in the car. crazy...and ---well disclaimer he has an enzyme issue that affects absorbtion--- he takes 105mg of Concerta in the morning and 40 mg of Ritalin once or twice in the evening. I always try to lower it and it can cause such impulsive moves there is danger...we tried in the hospital too and no way).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 534934, member: 12886"] I was going to say what IC said, as soon as you know it is the ticket (or not)....THEN you would want to switch to long acting. There is a big benefit to short acting and it is just what IC said, quick in, quick out. If there is a problem you are not going to see him suffer for so long. It is also easier to figure out what dose you need then they can better calculate the long acting. For my nephew, there have been times that long acting could not be done because that seemed to affect his sleep a nd eating so much but by switching to the short acting, he had times of day he could eat and it left his system better and he was able to sleep. Even if you go with long acting, it i s nice to have the short. My son will sometimes sleep in REALLY late. I then may use short acting all day. Usually I use the short acting just for after 9.5 hours after dosing the concerta, and then we use Ritalin to get through the rest of the day (you know how they say when a child needs it you dont see it affect them as much for side effects? My son is a dramatic case of that, he DOESN"T eat off of it and has never had issues with sleep. I can give it to him at 9 and he can fall asleep....like if we are out at an activity or something, he will fall asleep in the car. crazy...and ---well disclaimer he has an enzyme issue that affects absorbtion--- he takes 105mg of Concerta in the morning and 40 mg of Ritalin once or twice in the evening. I always try to lower it and it can cause such impulsive moves there is danger...we tried in the hospital too and no way). [/QUOTE]
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