I am not thrilled with our psychiatrist's ability to listen. I think he thinks I am stupid. It has been my primary complaint about him; he is terribly dismissive. I told him of my "friend" whose doctor tweaked the medication delivery by prescribing different amounts at different times during the day. He told me there was no way the Intuniv could be making him this sleepy. Do these guys not read actual patient reports?????
I told him my son falls into a near coma every day after school, and he wakes up at 4 am every morning. The doctor said he was waking because he takes a nap. I know this is not the case, because he wakes no matter if he takes a nap or not. At first, I was trying to keep him awake and have him go to bed early (forced xbox, lol!), but then I realized how exhausted he really is. Also, the kid has never, past the age of 3, taken a nap in his life, nor has he woken in the middle of the night. . He used to be the most solid night sleeper I have ever met. He slept through a major hurricane, and through a car that caught on fire and blew up thirty feet from his bedroom window. Fire engines, and everything, lol.
So, my answer is......I am shopping for a new psychiatrist. We are staying on the Intuniv for now. Today, when I brought his PE uniform to school two amazing things happened. First, he remembered that he forgot his uniform -- a first. Usually I remember for him and he goes, "Oh yeah," very unimpressed. Second, he met me at hall so I didn't have to go into the office and he said, "I am so sorry you had to come all the way out here to bring my uniform. Sorry for forgetting it." Also a first. Not sure how this stuff is working in his brain, but something is working somewhere.