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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 58208" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Tenex and Clonodine are antihypertensives, not stimulants. They are given to kids with ADHD, my easy child has ADHD, Combined Type, and neither did squat.</p><p></p><p>Adderall made him angry.</p><p></p><p>He's on a low dose of Concerta, and we've had great results. He actually got "Most Improved Behaviors" in school this year. Was great. We DO see when it wears off, usually around supper time. We give warm baths, reading time, quiet/down time to get him to settle. Write, reading in bed, stuff like that.</p><p></p><p>The thing about ADHD medications is, from what our psychiatrist said, the ADHD medications will help the child to calm down and pay attention, but it isn't a drug to make the child listen or change behaviors. With that being said, once you get your child to calm down on the medication, that is the time you want to work really hard with them to get the behaviors to change. It is not a quick fix and it won't happen overnight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 58208, member: 2737"] Tenex and Clonodine are antihypertensives, not stimulants. They are given to kids with ADHD, my easy child has ADHD, Combined Type, and neither did squat. Adderall made him angry. He's on a low dose of Concerta, and we've had great results. He actually got "Most Improved Behaviors" in school this year. Was great. We DO see when it wears off, usually around supper time. We give warm baths, reading time, quiet/down time to get him to settle. Write, reading in bed, stuff like that. The thing about ADHD medications is, from what our psychiatrist said, the ADHD medications will help the child to calm down and pay attention, but it isn't a drug to make the child listen or change behaviors. With that being said, once you get your child to calm down on the medication, that is the time you want to work really hard with them to get the behaviors to change. It is not a quick fix and it won't happen overnight. [/QUOTE]
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