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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 262611" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>Hi Andrea, </p><p>Welcome I'm still new here myself, I never really got the difficult child thing either cause in my opinion every child is a gift from God (and none of them are perfect).</p><p></p><p>I'm have a little knowledge about stimulant medications, all 3 of my kids have taken them in the past. It sounds like the Ritalin LA is working well for your child it's just the rebound (when it wears off) that is causing the problems. This is what we experienced with my oldest and what worked well for him was he would take the extended release Ritalin in the morning and a small dose of regular Ritalin afterschool. Besides adjusting doses my son did wonderfully on just that one medication. Someone here mentioned Concerta it's basically the same medication as the Ritalin LA but Concerta you get 10-12 hours where I believe Ritalin LA is more like 6-8 hours. Consider if wanted to switch what kind of prescription coverage you have as Concerta isn't available in generic and it is more expensive then Ritalin. </p><p></p><p>Almost forgot to ask is he sleeping at night? Some kids have problems sleeping when taking stimulant medication if that's an issue (double check with prescribing doctor) but Melatonin is over the counter and helps my youngest a lot (it was suggested by the doctor who was prescribing her Depakote & Concerta at the time so it shouldn't have bad interaction with the Ritalin)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 262611, member: 7170"] Hi Andrea, Welcome I'm still new here myself, I never really got the difficult child thing either cause in my opinion every child is a gift from God (and none of them are perfect). I'm have a little knowledge about stimulant medications, all 3 of my kids have taken them in the past. It sounds like the Ritalin LA is working well for your child it's just the rebound (when it wears off) that is causing the problems. This is what we experienced with my oldest and what worked well for him was he would take the extended release Ritalin in the morning and a small dose of regular Ritalin afterschool. Besides adjusting doses my son did wonderfully on just that one medication. Someone here mentioned Concerta it's basically the same medication as the Ritalin LA but Concerta you get 10-12 hours where I believe Ritalin LA is more like 6-8 hours. Consider if wanted to switch what kind of prescription coverage you have as Concerta isn't available in generic and it is more expensive then Ritalin. Almost forgot to ask is he sleeping at night? Some kids have problems sleeping when taking stimulant medication if that's an issue (double check with prescribing doctor) but Melatonin is over the counter and helps my youngest a lot (it was suggested by the doctor who was prescribing her Depakote & Concerta at the time so it shouldn't have bad interaction with the Ritalin) [/QUOTE]
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