metadae CD, Ritilin LA or Adderall? for 12 year PDD/NOS adhd, anxious immature boy - ADD / ADHD Message Board

memehegan · 09-18-2003, 05:36 PM

My doctor has suggested a medicine change for my 12 year old PDD/NOS ADHD, anxious, emotionally age 2, intellectually age 15 boy. He is on the GFCF diet as well as eliminating corn, chocolate, sodium nitrate, hydrogenated oils and peanuts and eggs and soy! If he consumes corn products as well as the others he makes high pitched baby squeels and looses bladder control. The last time we played with meds he wound up in a psychiatric hospital for six weeks. This is a huge decision and am looking for any feed back regarding these drugs.-meme

09-18-2003, 05:43 PM

Why is his doctor prescribing stimulant meds for ADHD when your son has so many other problems. ADHD clearly isnt your sons most disabling condition. And stimulant meds such as the ones you listed can make anxiety worse and in many cases can make PDD worse too.

If all your doctor suggests is meds for ADHD then I'd say its time to find a new doc.

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~*~ Kristy ~*~

cymomtx · 09-18-2003, 07:36 PM

My 13yr old has Asperbergers with ADHD and takes 72mg Concerta, 100mg zoloft and 60 mg geodon. This has been an awesome combination. Especially adding the geodon, which is wonderful for the PDD.

09-18-2003, 07:46 PM

Cymom -
Has your son ever been on a stimulant without the other meds to balance him?

Isn't 72mg of concerta a very high dose? Isn't the highest daily all****ce reccomended by the FDA somewhere around 54mg? Do his other medications lessen the effect of concerta and make a higher dose necessary?

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~*~ Kristy ~*~

memehegan · 09-19-2003, 05:45 PM

Actually by all accounts of those who work and live with him, ADHD is the presenting disability- his flavor of PDD is like aspbergers which as we know is often diagnoised latter - like age 7/8 where adhd is is picked up usually by 4/5. He is a taz without the ritilin- hes been on it scince he was 5 1/2- before that he even needed a one on one in school because he would dart here and there and the teachers were afraid they would lose him- I want the one on one for social experiences so we were all happy. He is focused, stop doing all the stimming behaviors, remains active and alert on the ritilin- it just doesnt last long enough

What is geodon and what is its purpose? Jay used to take buspar for the anxiety- it is pervasive and effects about 70 percent of the decisions he makes- its a very bizzare combination. He either has no inhibitions or excessive inhibitions and he bounces back and forth sometimes all day long.

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