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Medication for ADD- what have you tried, what has worked, not worked, etc.
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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 458920" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>Strattera doesn't address the hyperactivity, but did help Miss KT with her focus during junior high. Didn't work too well after that, and she went on Adderall and Risperdal while in high school. I loved Risperdal. No more holes punched in walls, no more doors torn off the hinges and thrown at me, no more broken saucepans or smashed kitchen counters...while Miss KT did put on some weight, it wasn't excessive.</p><p></p><p>The doctors here prefer to start with Strattera, as it's not a stimulant, but if your niece has any underlying depression, she may become even more emotional and irrational. When my Hubby was diagnosis'd, his doctor started him on Strattera over my extreme objections. He had previously been diagnosis'd unipolar depressive, and even though I ramped up the dosage to correspond to his weight, because it is weight dependent, and he was a MESS. A BIG MESS. Emotional, angry, snippy, furious, teary eyed...so I started tracking his dosages and behaviors on a spreadsheet. When we went back to the doctor, I handed him the spreadsheet and said, "Ritalin. Now." He's doing very well on Ritalin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 458920, member: 4040"] Strattera doesn't address the hyperactivity, but did help Miss KT with her focus during junior high. Didn't work too well after that, and she went on Adderall and Risperdal while in high school. I loved Risperdal. No more holes punched in walls, no more doors torn off the hinges and thrown at me, no more broken saucepans or smashed kitchen counters...while Miss KT did put on some weight, it wasn't excessive. The doctors here prefer to start with Strattera, as it's not a stimulant, but if your niece has any underlying depression, she may become even more emotional and irrational. When my Hubby was diagnosis'd, his doctor started him on Strattera over my extreme objections. He had previously been diagnosis'd unipolar depressive, and even though I ramped up the dosage to correspond to his weight, because it is weight dependent, and he was a MESS. A BIG MESS. Emotional, angry, snippy, furious, teary eyed...so I started tracking his dosages and behaviors on a spreadsheet. When we went back to the doctor, I handed him the spreadsheet and said, "Ritalin. Now." He's doing very well on Ritalin. [/QUOTE]
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