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<blockquote data-quote="CCRidr2" data-source="post: 44104" data-attributes="member: 3714"><p>Ella,</p><p></p><p>Welcome! I am fairly new here but not new to being Mom to a difficult child. Our difficult child was on Adderall XR for a while but we took him off of it and switched to Focalin XR. </p><p></p><p>The problem with Adderall for our difficult child was it made him feel "kind of fuzzy". I imagined that meant kind of the same feeling you get when you take cold medicine. He never refused to take it because in our house that is NOT an option. Dad would come home from work ready to rumble if he ever pushed me. </p><p></p><p>We have found the Focalin does not give him the same "fuzzy" feeling or the headaches that he seemed to get on the Adderall. My suggestion is to sit down with him in a calm setting (not easy, I know), maybe a car ride to the store, and ask him in a very nonchalant way if he feels ok when he takes the Adderall. Whatever his answer is, good or bad, reassure him that you didn't know what was bothering him and you'll call the doctor and see what you can do to fix it. </p><p></p><p>You may find it just makes him feel "not himself", like Ritalin did for ours, and that may be all there is to it. I always make sure teachers and others in contact with our difficult child when we switch medications so that if they notice something that we miss we can know right away. Just make him comfortable in his own skin and reassure him if he feels "weird" or anything out of the ordinary he can come to you to fix it. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps! Again, Welcome! I have found this to be a very soft landing spot for the weak and weary.</p><p></p><p>Cyndi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CCRidr2, post: 44104, member: 3714"] Ella, Welcome! I am fairly new here but not new to being Mom to a difficult child. Our difficult child was on Adderall XR for a while but we took him off of it and switched to Focalin XR. The problem with Adderall for our difficult child was it made him feel "kind of fuzzy". I imagined that meant kind of the same feeling you get when you take cold medicine. He never refused to take it because in our house that is NOT an option. Dad would come home from work ready to rumble if he ever pushed me. We have found the Focalin does not give him the same "fuzzy" feeling or the headaches that he seemed to get on the Adderall. My suggestion is to sit down with him in a calm setting (not easy, I know), maybe a car ride to the store, and ask him in a very nonchalant way if he feels ok when he takes the Adderall. Whatever his answer is, good or bad, reassure him that you didn't know what was bothering him and you'll call the doctor and see what you can do to fix it. You may find it just makes him feel "not himself", like Ritalin did for ours, and that may be all there is to it. I always make sure teachers and others in contact with our difficult child when we switch medications so that if they notice something that we miss we can know right away. Just make him comfortable in his own skin and reassure him if he feels "weird" or anything out of the ordinary he can come to you to fix it. Hope this helps! Again, Welcome! I have found this to be a very soft landing spot for the weak and weary. Cyndi [/QUOTE]
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