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psychiatrist put easy child on a very high dose of Focalin
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 609434" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I am biased because I don't like stimulants as my daughter abused them and many kids do. Also, I tried Ritalin and I most certainly have ADHD, among other things, and it reacted like speed on my body. I was flying.</p><p></p><p>You know your kiddo best. Do not give him more than you are comfortable with and, as one who has seen medications too carelessly prescribed by doctors, I think I'd tell him that you are going to go up very slowly, maybe ten mgs. at a time. See if he can tolerate 10 mgs. more. If so, you can climb to 40 mg., etc. It could be that, like many of our kids, a high dose of stimulant (whether within in the normal range or not) is not effective. In fact, often stimulants for ADHD do act like speed and make our kids violent and crabby. Adderrall is the most coveted stimulant by those who abuse stimulants. My daughter who once used drugs told me Adderrall is $10 a pill on the streets. </p><p></p><p>Many children on the spectrum are highly sensitive to medication of all kinds. Frankly, Sonic does much better medication free and, at age twenty, is not interested in taking any medication at all. Use your own common sense regarding your child. Do you think more stimulants will help him long-term or maybe more interventions? It is your call, but I say good for you for questioning this doctor. Doctors make mistakes all the time so said my neuropsychologist who spent ten years at Mayo Clinic, one of the most elite medical centers in the country. And he meant doctors at Mayo as well as everywhere else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 609434, member: 1550"] I am biased because I don't like stimulants as my daughter abused them and many kids do. Also, I tried Ritalin and I most certainly have ADHD, among other things, and it reacted like speed on my body. I was flying. You know your kiddo best. Do not give him more than you are comfortable with and, as one who has seen medications too carelessly prescribed by doctors, I think I'd tell him that you are going to go up very slowly, maybe ten mgs. at a time. See if he can tolerate 10 mgs. more. If so, you can climb to 40 mg., etc. It could be that, like many of our kids, a high dose of stimulant (whether within in the normal range or not) is not effective. In fact, often stimulants for ADHD do act like speed and make our kids violent and crabby. Adderrall is the most coveted stimulant by those who abuse stimulants. My daughter who once used drugs told me Adderrall is $10 a pill on the streets. Many children on the spectrum are highly sensitive to medication of all kinds. Frankly, Sonic does much better medication free and, at age twenty, is not interested in taking any medication at all. Use your own common sense regarding your child. Do you think more stimulants will help him long-term or maybe more interventions? It is your call, but I say good for you for questioning this doctor. Doctors make mistakes all the time so said my neuropsychologist who spent ten years at Mayo Clinic, one of the most elite medical centers in the country. And he meant doctors at Mayo as well as everywhere else. [/QUOTE]
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