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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 551310" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Has she ever used Ritalin or other methylphenedate products? If not, I'd be surprised if they started with Concerta. Usually, they would use Ritalin to figure out how she reacts to it, and roughly what kind of an effective dose is required... and then switch. Ritalin gives about a 3.5 to 4 hour effective dose, and it's out of your system completely in about 8 hours. It can also comes in tiny doses and the pills can be split. I know a kid who needs just 5mg per day - can't function without it. Concerta is a staged-release formula - usually, effective coverage is about 8 hours, and it's out of the system in 12. Rebound effect - either with Ritalin or Concerta - can be partially managed with a small evening top-up dose.</p><p></p><p>If she is ADD/ADHD - not some other problem - then stims "often" help... but it isn't guaranteed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 551310, member: 11791"] Has she ever used Ritalin or other methylphenedate products? If not, I'd be surprised if they started with Concerta. Usually, they would use Ritalin to figure out how she reacts to it, and roughly what kind of an effective dose is required... and then switch. Ritalin gives about a 3.5 to 4 hour effective dose, and it's out of your system completely in about 8 hours. It can also comes in tiny doses and the pills can be split. I know a kid who needs just 5mg per day - can't function without it. Concerta is a staged-release formula - usually, effective coverage is about 8 hours, and it's out of the system in 12. Rebound effect - either with Ritalin or Concerta - can be partially managed with a small evening top-up dose. If she is ADD/ADHD - not some other problem - then stims "often" help... but it isn't guaranteed. [/QUOTE]
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