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<blockquote data-quote="Calgon_Take_Me_Away" data-source="post: 182774" data-attributes="member: 5645"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Yikes ~ Yes, Concerta is a stimulant!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">difficult child was on 36 mg of Concerta ~ we tried 54 mg for 2 days and he was still "speeding" at midnight! Try standing at a table constantly moving your legs and trying to color ..... or trying to drink out of a straw standing up, moving the cup with- the right hand and straw with- the left hand. The 2nd night I took him to the ER (our dr was on call) and they gave him a relaxant ~ needless to say we didn't continue that high dose, but I tell ya what, it really seemed to get his mind in motion. He talked about the air flow in the van, about how he had to fold a piece of paper in half and write his name in a certain place (this talk was in 3rd grade, but the folding paper was in 2nd grade), he literally did not stop talking for longer than 5 seconds.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I agree ~ one day at a time. I don't know what his future holds (his psychological testing says his mindset is likely to land him as an architect, mathmatician ~ work alone in a cubicle, but the challenge would come with getting the education to go on to those types of jobs). My difficult child is almost 9 (6 days to go) and we've been going through this since 4 1/2 .... I still don't think we have an accurate diagnosis.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calgon_Take_Me_Away, post: 182774, member: 5645"] [SIZE=4]Yikes ~ Yes, Concerta is a stimulant![/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]difficult child was on 36 mg of Concerta ~ we tried 54 mg for 2 days and he was still "speeding" at midnight! Try standing at a table constantly moving your legs and trying to color ..... or trying to drink out of a straw standing up, moving the cup with- the right hand and straw with- the left hand. The 2nd night I took him to the ER (our dr was on call) and they gave him a relaxant ~ needless to say we didn't continue that high dose, but I tell ya what, it really seemed to get his mind in motion. He talked about the air flow in the van, about how he had to fold a piece of paper in half and write his name in a certain place (this talk was in 3rd grade, but the folding paper was in 2nd grade), he literally did not stop talking for longer than 5 seconds.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I agree ~ one day at a time. I don't know what his future holds (his psychological testing says his mindset is likely to land him as an architect, mathmatician ~ work alone in a cubicle, but the challenge would come with getting the education to go on to those types of jobs). My difficult child is almost 9 (6 days to go) and we've been going through this since 4 1/2 .... I still don't think we have an accurate diagnosis.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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