NatalieatSIS
06-18-2004, 06:34 PM
I have 2 boys ages 7 & 9 on meds, one ADHD & one ADD. Both have been off of meds for one week due to the Dr. being out of town, and not able to write prescription soon enough. But, I was noticing that both were doing well at their Summer camp, and no complaints.
They both normally only have problems at school because they have to concentrate and focus.
Do you think it would be okay to go without for summer? What is your opinions? Does anyone else have children that they take off their meds for the summer?
They both normally only have problems at school because they have to concentrate and focus.
Do you think it would be okay to go without for summer? What is your opinions? Does anyone else have children that they take off their meds for the summer?
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tessesa
06-18-2004, 07:37 PM
Hi Natalieatsis- I have taken my daughter who is 9 off a few times on the weekends and for the most part things go fine. I do notice that I need to repeat myself more often when she is not taking her meds, but I figure I can live with that. I am going to ask her doctor next week what he thinks about taking her off for the next month or so and then starting her back up a few weeks before school starts. I will let you know what his opinion is next week. :wave:
NatalieatSIS
06-23-2004, 06:07 PM
Thanks for your help. I am leaning more towards keeping them off the meds til school starts back up. They are doing wonderful off of it. They also seem so much happier and playful.
dadwhocares
06-25-2004, 12:40 PM
I have talked to a doctor about taking my son off of his meds and what affect it would have on him. I was told that the meds get into their system so fast that if I were to take my son off of it that if he started to get to where he needed it again that I could give it to him and it wouldn't take long for it to have its affects. My ex refuses to take him off of it at all but I have actually failed to give it to him on a couple occasions and he does just fine. One doctor actually told me that he recomends that a child be taken off of his meds during the summer unless it is an extreme case.
michele3968
07-05-2004, 10:09 PM
i took my son off concerta last week because he is so skinny and does not eat well on it. he is inattentive type - not hyperactive. i'll see how it goes for now but he is going to a sports camp and i've read that exercise and protein ( which i'm feeding him) are good for add. he is doing very well so far. when school starts - he will have to start up again - but we may try stattera or even b'calmed.
lateeth
07-09-2004, 02:40 AM
My son (14 now) is off meds every chance we get which means whenever school is out unless he has something he really needs to concentrate on. If your kids can handle it, i think the less medication the better. Adderall does not need to be built up to work. My son is now using Strattera and my doc said that drug takes some time to build up but once built up in the system you can miss even several weeks and the effect will still be there. So if the kids are doing well I'd say go for it and spare their bodies the drugs for a change. (We did have one summer where the counselor actually asked me if he had ADD and requested he go back on drugs during camp because it was a sailing camp and he wasn't able to rig his boat without it, so watch for little tell tale signs, like the other kids getting annoyed at your kid, or them being the last one out of the locker room all the time so that the whole group gets to wait for them everyday and finally gets to hate them for that.) Most of these little things are never mentioned to you until it becomes a bigger problem.
eddie300
07-13-2004, 07:13 PM
My doctor told me today that I could skip the Adderall on weekends. My ADD affects my productivity and accuracy immensly at work. But the weekends I have off, and dont really need Adderall then...
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