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Daughter wants to be put on adderall
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<blockquote data-quote="plainjane2" data-source="post: 321834" data-attributes="member: 8503"><p>When my daughter asked for ADHD medicine, I did not want her to take it for similar reasons, but now I wish I had gotten her a prescription years ago.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child asked for Adderal when she was 12 or 13 (she'll be 18 on Friday). She had plenty of school and behavior problems, and I assumed a friend had encouraged her to request the medications for "recreational" purposes, so I resisted the idea. </p><p></p><p>I used the request as an excuse to get her into therapy. (Again.) The psychologist diagnosis'ed depression and ODD. She went to this therapist weekly for more than a year, and although I thought antidepressants helped her, she refused to take them for more than two months here and there.</p><p></p><p>Finally, after three or four years of up and down grades, her school performance took a nosedive and she basically flunked out of high school the fall of her junior year as a result of not doing the work and skipping school. (she's really very smart.) At this point, I asked her psychiatrist what he thought of her taking an ADHD medication, even with-out the ADHD diagnosis, and he said she could try it and if it helps, great. It helped. </p><p></p><p>She ended up at the alternative, self-paced high school, and is doing great there, with the Vyvanse helping her focus: "It makes you want to do math." I don't know about other medications, but one dose of Vyvanse lasts 8 hours -- basically the length of the school day plus some homework time. </p><p></p><p>That's my experience.</p><p></p><p>I just wish school issues were my difficult child's only problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plainjane2, post: 321834, member: 8503"] When my daughter asked for ADHD medicine, I did not want her to take it for similar reasons, but now I wish I had gotten her a prescription years ago. My difficult child asked for Adderal when she was 12 or 13 (she'll be 18 on Friday). She had plenty of school and behavior problems, and I assumed a friend had encouraged her to request the medications for "recreational" purposes, so I resisted the idea. I used the request as an excuse to get her into therapy. (Again.) The psychologist diagnosis'ed depression and ODD. She went to this therapist weekly for more than a year, and although I thought antidepressants helped her, she refused to take them for more than two months here and there. Finally, after three or four years of up and down grades, her school performance took a nosedive and she basically flunked out of high school the fall of her junior year as a result of not doing the work and skipping school. (she's really very smart.) At this point, I asked her psychiatrist what he thought of her taking an ADHD medication, even with-out the ADHD diagnosis, and he said she could try it and if it helps, great. It helped. She ended up at the alternative, self-paced high school, and is doing great there, with the Vyvanse helping her focus: "It makes you want to do math." I don't know about other medications, but one dose of Vyvanse lasts 8 hours -- basically the length of the school day plus some homework time. That's my experience. I just wish school issues were my difficult child's only problem. [/QUOTE]
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