Hi, I was wondering if anyone has tried Ritalin LA and how long that lasted.... And then switched to Ritalin (short acting) twice during the day. I'm just...
My daughter's first med was Adderall XR 5mg. She was on it for about a month. We saw an increase in sadness, oppositional behavior and crying. The doctors at...
Hi, I completely understand. :) There is a series of short books called "The Bob Books" (http://www.bobbooks.com/). I have seen these books at the library as...
Thank you for giving me this website I ordered last night from it, they have a more potent Omega fish oil then the local vitamin store, and it was a whole lot...
Just a very happy mom sitting here wanting to say a nig THANK YOU to everybody... I got the book THE EXPLOSIVE CHILD and can NOT seem to put it down....thanks...
Is this her first cycle? I remember thinking my DD, now 16, was going crazy at that age and then she started her period. After her cycle she was back to...
Sorry, I am really under the weather right now so I probably won't be on much today at all. My thoughts are with all of you in harms way from the weather....
My son was on Ritalin short acting twice a day before switching to Ritalin LA. The short acting had such a horrible rebound effect on him and just did not...
My son takes generic Ritalin SR 40mg in the morning. They kick in about
30-45 minutes after taking it and last about 6 hours. He then takes a
booster of...
My son Matthew is on Strattera. His doctor just added 5 mg of Adderall. I am worried about his reaction since when he was younger stimulants didn't work very...
We have tried just about all of the stimulants.....In fact they have changed Brandon's meds so much this year I have a bunch of "left overs". I hate to get...
it will depend on the school. i would call and talk to the school conselor about this. I know when we had my son's 504 meeting they mentioned adding in a...
We tried both, but my son seems to burn through anything very quickly...with the short acting 2x a day, he had about a 2 hour down spiral from 11-1 at school...
No problem. I find I buy most everything on that site. Shannon I wanna go where there ain't any snow and there ain't any blow... I wanna go where it's...
I also give my son 1 spoonful twice a day fish oil, eventhough the product must be ordered from Singapore everytime we need it. I'm so glad many of us also...
WE buy chewable orange burst fish oils and my kids say they are yummy. We were told fish oil helps counter act the bad side effects of the adhd medication and...
When I was working as a sub in th elementary school, I'd give the restless kids all the jobs. They were my paper passers & then would pick them up when...
I'm posting here because I'm hoping for some advise even though it's not really ADHD related, at least I don't think it is. My son's 9 month old pup got hit by...
I don't know how religious you are or what your beliefs are but what helped
my kids with the loss of their cat was to tell them about "Rainbow Bridge".
It's...
Thanks Candice, I had that from somewhere. At the moment I don't know that anything will help much, I'm kind of at a loss, too. He was one of those "in your...
I had tears in my eyes as I read your story. I LOVE animals, dogs especially, and I can understand how your son felt that the dog was a family member. I had a...
Ya... animals sense it too. Coward would go sleep in all the spots that Baby
used to and just wander the house aimlessly after we had to "send Baby to
the...
This may be a little out of sink as my thoughts are not flowing in order this morning. I hate to disagree, but I think you should wait a bit before getting ...
Here's a poem that I hope brings some measure of comfort to you and your family. What a tragedy. When our beloved poodle Brigit died (9 yrs. ago) it helped...
Candice: I should have looked further in the posts, because I ended up sending this, too! I love that poem. It really helped when we lost our pet. Hugs, Barb...
Mandy, Thanks for th response. I think I have talked him into waiting a while to get another dog. He does want one, but with his Dad's Dr's all being 80 miles...
Mandy, I think your suggestion has a lot of merit. I guess I omitted the part about talking about the death first, and that no dog can REPLACE the one he...