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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 587313" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Hi there, I'm on my phone so won't type too much for now but I will say, I can relate to mornings being the worst.</p><p></p><p>Over the years we've done a couple of things....</p><p></p><p>1.before difficult child got up, he was given a dose of short acting ritalin to kick in faster so he had some impulse and behavior control in the morning. The concerta was given a half hour before school started.</p><p></p><p>2. He went back on Clonidine which he had been on when younger. It helps so much with the verbal and physical aggression (for him, others have opposite responses of course)</p><p>Once we saw it helped, he started on patches which are changed weekly which made it so medications were on board 24/7. </p><p></p><p>3. Now, we don't do the early morn ritalin (since we have the Clonidine and other 24 hour medications) but we do it after the concerta wears off in the evening so he can participate in activities and have executive function in the evening.</p><p>Luckily, it doesn't affect his sleeping or eating so we can do this.</p><p></p><p>4. A year ago he started an AP that he finally didn't react badly to. So, he takes Zyprexa and he has decreased both verbal and physical aggression at least 75% </p><p></p><p>Of course, there are many other therapeutic things we do- horse and animal therapy, social skills programs, young men's brain injury support group, independent living skills workers from home and a better school program, but my son has a clear diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>I mostly wanted you to see some of the things tried for the morning issues.</p><p></p><p>It's just a piece of the puzzle of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 587313, member: 12886"] Hi there, I'm on my phone so won't type too much for now but I will say, I can relate to mornings being the worst. Over the years we've done a couple of things.... 1.before difficult child got up, he was given a dose of short acting ritalin to kick in faster so he had some impulse and behavior control in the morning. The concerta was given a half hour before school started. 2. He went back on Clonidine which he had been on when younger. It helps so much with the verbal and physical aggression (for him, others have opposite responses of course) Once we saw it helped, he started on patches which are changed weekly which made it so medications were on board 24/7. 3. Now, we don't do the early morn ritalin (since we have the Clonidine and other 24 hour medications) but we do it after the concerta wears off in the evening so he can participate in activities and have executive function in the evening. Luckily, it doesn't affect his sleeping or eating so we can do this. 4. A year ago he started an AP that he finally didn't react badly to. So, he takes Zyprexa and he has decreased both verbal and physical aggression at least 75% Of course, there are many other therapeutic things we do- horse and animal therapy, social skills programs, young men's brain injury support group, independent living skills workers from home and a better school program, but my son has a clear diagnosis. I mostly wanted you to see some of the things tried for the morning issues. It's just a piece of the puzzle of course. [/QUOTE]
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