DDD, yes she does get her medications 30+ minutes before she has to wake up. We have done that for years. IC, my easy child grew like that. She is now 6'2" and has a 37" inseam!! We went out after school today, and she found 3 pair that she liked. She also got a pair of ankle boots. I can handle the "normal" problems. I just hate having to drag her butt out of bed every morning.
She did have that "leftover" again tonight. It was about 6:15, and she sat at the table talking to husband. She was showing him the stuff she got at the craft store to make the sign to hang over her horse's stall. She was also talking about her math test she took yesterday. She was mad at herself for only getting an 89! That is the child I remember. She said she would have had more time to take her test, but to get the extra time you have to have all of your homework in, and she was missing 2 assignments. Natural consequences. Gotta love them. So, we ha a nice evening. She is now upstairs talking to friends and her sister on her computer.
I think adding a little more Concerta will be where we are headed. difficult child had an interesting thought at dinner tonight. She recognized that she is on the higher end of almost all of her medications. That she wonders if her body just processes it differently. She even needs alot of Novocaine at the dentist. And, when she had surgery, they mentioned it took her longer than usual to go under. Just an interesting little thought.