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Do your children take their ADHD medications on the weekends?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 395977" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>We are starting to.</p><p> </p><p>We started out just school days morning and after lunch but have now added after school and weekends. difficult child says it helps a lot. We also increased his anxiety medications so not sure which one (anxiety or ADD medication) is helping the most or if they are equal. He did not get his after lunch or late afternoon ADD today so I will ask how he feels without it. Maybe the increase of the anxiety medication was what he really needed? It is hard when you make major changes of more than one medication to really know which was the most effective - if all changes were really needed or not.</p><p> </p><p>Our major concern right now is that the ADD medication also suppresses his hunger. This is a side effect that I don't think all kids get? He will eat breakfast and a little lunch but for supper time, he is not hungry until 8:00/8:30. We are giving him 4 hour doses to try to get lunch in between but now with the 4:00 dose, it is too early for supper. He does need to eat so I will make him late suppers.</p><p> </p><p>Today he didn't get his afternoon and later afternoon dose so I will ask him later how he felt about not having them. He is still not hungry (late breakfast at 9:00).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 395977, member: 5096"] We are starting to. We started out just school days morning and after lunch but have now added after school and weekends. difficult child says it helps a lot. We also increased his anxiety medications so not sure which one (anxiety or ADD medication) is helping the most or if they are equal. He did not get his after lunch or late afternoon ADD today so I will ask how he feels without it. Maybe the increase of the anxiety medication was what he really needed? It is hard when you make major changes of more than one medication to really know which was the most effective - if all changes were really needed or not. Our major concern right now is that the ADD medication also suppresses his hunger. This is a side effect that I don't think all kids get? He will eat breakfast and a little lunch but for supper time, he is not hungry until 8:00/8:30. We are giving him 4 hour doses to try to get lunch in between but now with the 4:00 dose, it is too early for supper. He does need to eat so I will make him late suppers. Today he didn't get his afternoon and later afternoon dose so I will ask him later how he felt about not having them. He is still not hungry (late breakfast at 9:00). [/QUOTE]
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