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<blockquote data-quote="silverlining" data-source="post: 519827" data-attributes="member: 14299"><p>Hi, I'm new here also, and wanted to second from our experience what has been said about stimulant medications. The Vyvanse jumped out at me from your post. I gather that some people do very well on it, but our son started showing signs of mania when he took it (20 mg) - nonstop monologues you could not interrupt, talking about things that are not real -- and we had to stop it. The other side effects were stressful too - appetite suppression & weight loss, irritability & arguments every day about nothing - but we were trying to deal with those as the price of being able to function at school, since he was failing everything before. We tried Intuniv alone but it was not enough, even with an IEP at school and very patient teachers he was failing again and not able to do school work. He's now on Intuniv and Focalin (also a stimulant but our doctor says not in the same group as the Vyvanse) and he's like a different kid. I would not have thought switching stimulants could make such a difference, so I guess what I'm trying to say is it might be worth a try to see if it lessens certain symptoms. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could offer more help. I hope that things will get better for you and your son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silverlining, post: 519827, member: 14299"] Hi, I'm new here also, and wanted to second from our experience what has been said about stimulant medications. The Vyvanse jumped out at me from your post. I gather that some people do very well on it, but our son started showing signs of mania when he took it (20 mg) - nonstop monologues you could not interrupt, talking about things that are not real -- and we had to stop it. The other side effects were stressful too - appetite suppression & weight loss, irritability & arguments every day about nothing - but we were trying to deal with those as the price of being able to function at school, since he was failing everything before. We tried Intuniv alone but it was not enough, even with an IEP at school and very patient teachers he was failing again and not able to do school work. He's now on Intuniv and Focalin (also a stimulant but our doctor says not in the same group as the Vyvanse) and he's like a different kid. I would not have thought switching stimulants could make such a difference, so I guess what I'm trying to say is it might be worth a try to see if it lessens certain symptoms. I wish I could offer more help. I hope that things will get better for you and your son. [/QUOTE]
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