The problem is that we know it is most likely the stimulant. However difficult child is so severly ADHD that he cannot cope in a school environment without medications. We have tried Strattera and the neuro said the next step would be risperdal (not sure I spelt that right). However he is afraid of the weight gain and to be honest so are we. He is a very active boy whose life revolves around his hockey, would the weight gain not cause problems for that. We would like to stop all medications but difficult child is afraid to have bad days (another Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behavior). I would take my hyper, inattentive little boy any day. His Tourettes and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) was brought on by the Ritalin last year. When we tried the Concerta this time around, everything seemed to be ok, until we tried to lower his Clonidine, that's when everything fell apart. We are trying to up the Clonidine back to where is was when everything was ok, but it's not working. I think his body is just on overload. His tics have never, never been this bad. Neuro in my opinion really didn't know what the next step was. I cannot believe he has not faced this before?
I don't know what to do for him anymore, I feel like we are back to square one :frown: Thanks for the hugs, they are really needed right now :frown:
