Interestingly, at easy child 2/difficult child 2's neurologist appointment, he said that the stimulants lose effectiveness after long usage. I do wonder about difficult child 3, but I'm not sure what else we could do for him. Concerta is less effective plus he gets rebound. So ritalin will not be a good idea to try. Strattera was a disaster; risperdal had minimal benefit for maximum expense. Cipramil switched off his ability to lay down memories. Antidepressants in general seem to cause him problems - allergic to Luvox; spaced out and insomniac on Zoloft; I think there was another antidepressant in there somewhere which also had problems.
I was hoping that with time and a bit more brain maturity, we might make more progress with difficult child 3. We have made some progress, but not enough.
All ideas welcome, however.
Marg
