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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 510702" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>I love questions. They help me think through things better. He started at 1 mg for 1 week, but we kept him at 1 for two weeks. My kids and I are those .02% of people who get the weird side effects. Fairly consistently. </p><p></p><p>Then he went up by 1 mg to 2 mg per day, dosed only at night, because others have said they are less tired that way.</p><p></p><p>His behavior is SO GOOD. He is the only kid in his science fair group who is actually doing the project -- everyone else has checked out. He now gets one-on-one time to work with his science teacher after school. Usually it is detention.</p><p>But...he seems to be more tired. Falling asleep with his mouth hanging open in the car on the way to school. Big naps in public spaces of the house during late afternoons. Going to sleep by nine, then not sleeping well. He says he can feel his heart beat shake the oh-so-hip, teenage dude metal bed frame, so we took the frame away and he is sleeping better with mattress on the floor. I believe him.</p><p></p><p>We were told we could not cut the medication, as in physically split a pill.</p><p></p><p>We are seeing psychiatrist (is that psychiatrist? trying to remember my board lingo) this afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Follow up with his excellently awesome therapist yesterday and, although she is very cautious about medications, she agrees that the side effects are worth the dramatic behavior changes. She is cautious about changing the medication to Tenex, because she doesn't necessarily want to start messing with a good thing, in case this is as good as it gets, let's keep what is behind door number 2 and not gamble on door number 3, if that makes sense. For now. </p><p></p><p>I do have questions for the psychiatrist today, though. I will ask about long-acting vs. short acting, and splitting a dose. Thanks, you guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 510702, member: 12905"] I love questions. They help me think through things better. He started at 1 mg for 1 week, but we kept him at 1 for two weeks. My kids and I are those .02% of people who get the weird side effects. Fairly consistently. Then he went up by 1 mg to 2 mg per day, dosed only at night, because others have said they are less tired that way. His behavior is SO GOOD. He is the only kid in his science fair group who is actually doing the project -- everyone else has checked out. He now gets one-on-one time to work with his science teacher after school. Usually it is detention. But...he seems to be more tired. Falling asleep with his mouth hanging open in the car on the way to school. Big naps in public spaces of the house during late afternoons. Going to sleep by nine, then not sleeping well. He says he can feel his heart beat shake the oh-so-hip, teenage dude metal bed frame, so we took the frame away and he is sleeping better with mattress on the floor. I believe him. We were told we could not cut the medication, as in physically split a pill. We are seeing psychiatrist (is that psychiatrist? trying to remember my board lingo) this afternoon. Follow up with his excellently awesome therapist yesterday and, although she is very cautious about medications, she agrees that the side effects are worth the dramatic behavior changes. She is cautious about changing the medication to Tenex, because she doesn't necessarily want to start messing with a good thing, in case this is as good as it gets, let's keep what is behind door number 2 and not gamble on door number 3, if that makes sense. For now. I do have questions for the psychiatrist today, though. I will ask about long-acting vs. short acting, and splitting a dose. Thanks, you guys. [/QUOTE]
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