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Puberty--effect on previously stable medications?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 210435" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We're dealing with ADHD medications, but we found that two things have cut back on medication effectiveness:</p><p></p><p>1) the growth spurt from puberty maybe doing things to metabolic rate and other body processes; and</p><p></p><p>2) the growth itself, meaning he weighs more and the same amount of drug has a bigger body to treat.</p><p></p><p>Whether hormones have other effects as well - not sure, other than growth effects on metabolism already mentioned.</p><p></p><p>But yes - I hear it often and saw it with our kids. In fact, we've had to increase difficult child 3's medications TWICE in the last four months, because of his rapid growth and puberty. The change in him can creep in slowly, or it can seem almost overnight.</p><p></p><p>It can be rough. Good luck with the new doctor.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 210435, member: 1991"] We're dealing with ADHD medications, but we found that two things have cut back on medication effectiveness: 1) the growth spurt from puberty maybe doing things to metabolic rate and other body processes; and 2) the growth itself, meaning he weighs more and the same amount of drug has a bigger body to treat. Whether hormones have other effects as well - not sure, other than growth effects on metabolism already mentioned. But yes - I hear it often and saw it with our kids. In fact, we've had to increase difficult child 3's medications TWICE in the last four months, because of his rapid growth and puberty. The change in him can creep in slowly, or it can seem almost overnight. It can be rough. Good luck with the new doctor. Marg [/QUOTE]
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