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difficult child 2 and his first day on a stimulant.
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 535071" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #800080"><strong>BIG HUG</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #800080"><strong></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">I didn't see your post somehow, so sorry. Yes, there are many of us who are single here. I chose to be a single parent from the start but that is not the most common story here. I did think I would be married at one time, but it didn't work out. Now I could only date if I could bring Q with me or have dates during school hours....LOL. Doesn't sound super appealing to me to have a boyfriend who would be available during the day unless it meant he was independently wealthy and could make his own schedule. (snicker)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">There IS an option to use a smaller dose if it makes his heart race too much or makes him seem a little overstimulated. It may work at a lower dose OR it may be that he needs to build up to the right dose slower. For some medications Q needs to get liquid forms and start literally mg. by mg. using those baby droppers to build up. Maybe check with the pharmacy and see if the medication you have can be split at all. Usually if it is the right medication it will make the sluggish working frontal lobe become more typical not make them revved up like speed. But the heart side effect can certainly happen to anyone, and that sometimes can be helped by switching (I dont know why, they are all in the same class but sometimes it does help to switch). Quin has complained of that every once in a while too. We get his heart checked frequently due to all of the medications he is on.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Are you going to continue to try again today and Mon? It will be interesting to see how he responds over time as you say in school too. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">It is slower here on the weekends. Sorry I missed your post, 8o(</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Hope you got a good night sleep (hope difficult child did too!)</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 535071, member: 12886"] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=5][COLOR=#800080][B]BIG HUG [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=5][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080]I didn't see your post somehow, so sorry. Yes, there are many of us who are single here. I chose to be a single parent from the start but that is not the most common story here. I did think I would be married at one time, but it didn't work out. Now I could only date if I could bring Q with me or have dates during school hours....LOL. Doesn't sound super appealing to me to have a boyfriend who would be available during the day unless it meant he was independently wealthy and could make his own schedule. (snicker) There IS an option to use a smaller dose if it makes his heart race too much or makes him seem a little overstimulated. It may work at a lower dose OR it may be that he needs to build up to the right dose slower. For some medications Q needs to get liquid forms and start literally mg. by mg. using those baby droppers to build up. Maybe check with the pharmacy and see if the medication you have can be split at all. Usually if it is the right medication it will make the sluggish working frontal lobe become more typical not make them revved up like speed. But the heart side effect can certainly happen to anyone, and that sometimes can be helped by switching (I dont know why, they are all in the same class but sometimes it does help to switch). Quin has complained of that every once in a while too. We get his heart checked frequently due to all of the medications he is on. Are you going to continue to try again today and Mon? It will be interesting to see how he responds over time as you say in school too. It is slower here on the weekends. Sorry I missed your post, 8o( Hope you got a good night sleep (hope difficult child did too!)[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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