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<blockquote data-quote="momof3boys" data-source="post: 35140" data-attributes="member: 2819"><p>My son was also diagnosed with ADHD/ODD a little over a year ago. He's now 5yo. We were also very reluctant to try medication. We ttied all sorts of behavioral therapy, which helped abit, but not enough. After a particularly bad weekend (I'll spare you the details), we decided to give it a try. His psychiatrist explained to us that Adderall is similar to caffeine in the way that it starts to work quickly, and is out of your system within several hours. So, if we were unhappy with the way the medication affected him, we could just take him off it - no long term consequences. To us, it was worth a try. </p><p></p><p>We started with 2.5 mg of Adderall in the morning. What a wonderful difference! I felt like he was finally able to be himself. He was still the bright, funny, creative kid he's alway been, but able to control his impulses. His teachers noticed the difference immediately (I didn't tell them that he was starting to take medication, but the first day he went to school on the adderall, they told me that they noticed a huge difference in his behavior that day and that "whatever I told him worked!").</p><p></p><p>He takes his adderall twice a day, and its made a huge difference in our entire family. We are all so much happier, and have so much less stress. He no longer show defiant behavior, he's still more impulsive than your average kid when he's on his medication, but its MUCH better than when he's not on the adderall. </p><p></p><p>Medication is a very difficult and personal decision, I just thought I'd share our story with you. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momof3boys, post: 35140, member: 2819"] My son was also diagnosed with ADHD/ODD a little over a year ago. He's now 5yo. We were also very reluctant to try medication. We ttied all sorts of behavioral therapy, which helped abit, but not enough. After a particularly bad weekend (I'll spare you the details), we decided to give it a try. His psychiatrist explained to us that Adderall is similar to caffeine in the way that it starts to work quickly, and is out of your system within several hours. So, if we were unhappy with the way the medication affected him, we could just take him off it - no long term consequences. To us, it was worth a try. We started with 2.5 mg of Adderall in the morning. What a wonderful difference! I felt like he was finally able to be himself. He was still the bright, funny, creative kid he's alway been, but able to control his impulses. His teachers noticed the difference immediately (I didn't tell them that he was starting to take medication, but the first day he went to school on the adderall, they told me that they noticed a huge difference in his behavior that day and that "whatever I told him worked!"). He takes his adderall twice a day, and its made a huge difference in our entire family. We are all so much happier, and have so much less stress. He no longer show defiant behavior, he's still more impulsive than your average kid when he's on his medication, but its MUCH better than when he's not on the adderall. Medication is a very difficult and personal decision, I just thought I'd share our story with you. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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