Medication problems

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I have a 13 yr old boy with LD, anxiety, auditory processing problems and ADHD. He has been on Ritalin, but developed side effects. We have been on Adderral x2 years. The distracibilty has NEVER been under control. He struggles in school every day and is really not making to much success. We tried Concerta and the “picky” side effects came back. Problem: every night he becomes aggressive, irritible and has repetitive behavior( like pushing a chair or banging a door). He is not on a dose in late afternoon because then he cannot get to sleep. I am at wits end. It is driving the household crazy and my husband tells me I cause it by my tone of voice. The behavior starts every night around 7- 9 pm and then i can get him to drop off to sleep. He also take Zoloft for anxiety and has multiple allergies -takes allegra).. Any advise! Please help. Carly

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/29/2001 - 4:23 PM

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Carly, I’m sure you’ll get some answers here, but there is a great site where you can ask an MD who specializes in ADHD questions about meds. He is very helpul in that department.

We had similar probelms, by the way, with our son on ANY stimulants. He is 12 now, and we finally took him off all meds. We ended up on antidepressants, like your son, just to counteract the side effects of the stimulants. We finally just decided that was it. The distractability and impulse behavior really isn’t all that different off of meds, probably because he has matured a bit. And, although his grades did drop globally, he is a much happier person and we are dealing with the grades and other things that are more prominent without meds. Obviously, this might not be an answer for your son.

Anyway, that site is WebMD and you just search for Dr. Sogn (sp) in the ADHD area. He has been very helpful to us in the past…

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/30/2001 - 12:05 PM

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Thanks. Another feature is probably puberty, and food sesitivites. We allowed him to go to the cafeteria in his new school and boy was that a mistake. He must have eaten all the “stuff” we have rejected in the household. So we have rebound, aggression and inrritability at night. I started to pack his lunch again. Thanks for the post.
Carly

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