Q's regarding 9yr old with Strattera toxicity?? Switch to concerta?

[mln2603]

Originally Posted by Jennita

Oh, actually that was my nephew, and yes, he is completely off (hooray!)

That's great to hear!!! My son is also completely off too and what a difference it makes!!!! This was a big eye opener to the way kids are just thrown on meds. Seems like the whole world is on medication!!! Medication is the answer to everything!

He had Cub Scouts last night, he was happy, he participated, he loves life again!! My dh and I sat there last night and could not believe how mature he is. There are 12 boys in his den and my son and maybe 1 or 2 others where the only ones who paid attention, did what they were told, not at all a kid who needs medication!! I saw some kids last night that could seriously use some medication, they couldn't listen to the leader for more than 2 seconds, makes me wonder how they do in school. I got my sons progress report and he has all B's except for English & Spelling he has D's which he has been put in a special class for, so those grades will be coming up. I'm starting to see that if your child is not an A student who can work completely independently, they are lost in the shuffle with too many kids for 1 teacher!

You live and learn everyday and I've definitely learned a hard lesson on medicating kids!!!!

[Jennita]

Originally Posted by mln2603

That's great to hear!!! My son is also completely off too and what a difference it makes!!!! This was a big eye opener to the way kids are just thrown on meds. Seems like the whole world is on medication!!! Medication is the answer to everything!

He had Cub Scouts last night, he was happy, he participated, he loves life again!! My dh and I sat there last night and could not believe how mature he is. There are 12 boys in his den and my son and maybe 1 or 2 others where the only ones who paid attention, did what they were told, not at all a kid who needs medication!! I saw some kids last night that could seriously use some medication, they couldn't listen to the leader for more than 2 seconds, makes me wonder how they do in school. I got my sons progress report and he has all B's except for English & Spelling he has D's which he has been put in a special class for, so those grades will be coming up. I'm starting to see that if your child is not an A student who can work completely independently, they are lost in the shuffle with too many kids for 1 teacher!

You live and learn everyday and I've definitely learned a hard lesson on medicating kids!!!!

I'm glad he is doing well in school too, my nephew is also doing well too.

The whole world is on medication, but that will change. Lately the drug co's have been convicted of misrepresentation(Neurontin) and also hiding negative clinical trials(Paxil), and some health risks such as diabetes(Zyprexa), so the confidence in psychiatric drugs is diminishing.

[keke1971]

My son takes Concerta and he has been going on 2yrs and he is doing wonderfully I do not see the side effects that some people have described but he does well in school. He does sometimes feel left out and he crys sometimes when he is upset but he has always been like that even before he was on meds.
So for me concerta was a life changing medication for my son and I am happy with it.

[Diane Flatt]

Let me add the same story with my 9 year old. I thought he would be kicked out of school. What a nightmare until he got off of Strattera. He is now on Concerta and Zyprexa. The two together seem to work for him.

[Jennita]

Originally Posted by Diane Flatt

Let me add the same story with my 9 year old. I thought he would be kicked out of school. What a nightmare until he got off of Strattera. He is now on Concerta and Zyprexa. The two together seem to work for him.

Watch the Zyprexa, don't let them up the dosage, it has been linked to diabetes and it is also in the class of drugs that can cause tardive dyskinesia and other forms of nervous system problems. Just a warning for the future just in case...