Tell My Daughter She's Not The Only One!!!!!

[Brocallie]

108 mg is a horribly high dose. Was that a typo? My 10 yo is only on 36 mg.

I agree with finding something that your dd is good at and NURTURE it. This summer, my 10 yo discovered swim team. She is a natural, and quickly moved up the ranks of her team to be top seed at the meets. She gets so much pride from performing her strokes properly and of course a LOT of her hyperness is burned away from all the activity.

Hope things improve.

Cally

[mcr285]

i was also concerned about the 108 mg dose! is that really how much she is taking??? also, is hair loss a normal thing with taking that form of medication, or were you referring to something else? i've never heard of hair loss with ADD or ADD meds, but there seems to be a lot i've never heard of after reading this board (and i do have ADD!)!

my own experience with extended release pills is that while it might work for some people, it actually made my symptoms much worse! my doc said that some people metabolize extended release pills differently - either too quickly, or too slowly, or something like that - so that it actually works against them instead of for them.

anyway, have you tried giving your daughter regular concerta twice a day, instead of using the XR?

[hotdam]

no your daughter is not the only one, I have a 12 year old who is ADHD, no friends and stays home after school playing video games after home work of course, he has such tremedous focus on the games, this is what he loves and enjoys doing. He does not like sports or playing outside as much as I wish he would but he has no one to hang with and I feel so bad for him that at his age I prayed he would have lots of friends.

our children are special, and other children do not understand and that is okay, one day my son will be what he has always wanted to be and that is a a paleantologist hope I spelled it right. the study of dinosaurs and I will be there everystep of the way encouraging him.

the sad part is my husband of all people does not understand
ADHD and thinks our son is just being bad to be bad and as moms we know that isnt the case. love to all of you. our kids are the best arent they.

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anyway, have you tried giving your daughter regular concerta twice a day, instead of using the XR?

There is only one form of Concerta and it is an extended release formulation. The medicine contained in Concerta - methylphenidate - is available in shorter acting forms (like Ritalin), but it isn't brand-named "concerta".

[mcr285]

Originally Posted by index.html

There is only one form of Concerta and it is an extended release formulation. The medicine contained in Concerta - methylphenidate - is available in shorter acting forms (like Ritalin), but it isn't brand-named "concerta".

oops.... had no idea! i got on adderall over 10 years ago, and have only ever used adderall since (except once when i used the adderall XR, and once when i used generic adderall and hated both!). sorry!