Adderall and young children

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Avatar n tn Please get to a Dr. and have your rhythm checked. You might have to wear a Holter Monitor for a time. You might also have to take a stress test. But the alternative is a possible coronary. I have heard that Doctors make lousey patients. It would seem that extends to med students as well. I don't know how you are getting the adderall but if you have electrical or structural problems with your heart taking a mixture of amphetamine salts would seem not to be an especially good idea.
Avatar f tn I have developed compulsions after taking Adderall, I obsessively pluck out my leg hair for hours on end and this only started after taking Adderall. It is a little known side effect of stimulant medications (much like people hooked on meth constantly pick at their skin until they make sores). There's lots of info on the internet about it, but you have to know where to look.
Avatar n tn According to the regulatory agency, they received safety information concerning the association of sudden deaths, heart-related deaths, and strokes in children and adults taking recommended doses of Adderall and Adderall XR. This risk of Adderall death seemed particularly high for individuals with structural heart abnormalities. In response to these findings, the FDA issued an advisory warning about the possible risk of death, but allowed the drug to remain on the market.
Avatar f tn t you take the same medicine he is on for two weeks and see for yourself what YOU think about it? I have nine children and I would stand in front of a freight train to protect them if its what I needed to do. Most parents would say the say thing. However, you are allowing your child to take a substance that bears an underlying responsibility for school shootings, sucides and children killing their parents. I'm not suggesting you do anything I haven't done.
Avatar n tn he was warm and laughed alot although still had hard time getting going but just seemed happier and healthier. The doctor wanted to keep him on adderall XR at a higher dose , 30 ml. and a short acting adderall at noon also 30mg. Since back on adderall ...very motivated at times but moody , not sleeping , and so many mood swings and side effects. It makes him very tired at times and lay in bed all day. Could some of what he is dealing with be a side effects from coming off the prozac?
Avatar n tn For anyone who is on of has a family taking adderall XR, or even knows about the drug----how much is too much, my son in 9 yrs old and the doctor wants to increase the medication to 60mg once a day in the am....this concerns me, its out of the FDA recommeded limits..
Avatar n tn i did a 10 page study of drugs like this and ritalin and the effects it has on children, their body and their brain, it is nothing good to put a young child on. the dr can wean her from it though. at the time that i did this study, medical journals said that ritalin at that time, was the most misdiagnosed drug. that 95% of the WORLDS supply of it was used right here in the U.S.
Avatar m tn My son just turned 6 and his doctors, he has many due to the autism, would never put him on that much. They are too young and it can alter the brain in a negative way on children under the age of 13. Trust me I have researched everything until I was blue in the face. With my son's condition I have to be alarmingly careful. Find a new doctor nowwwww.... I will pray for you.
Avatar n tn re concerned about socialization, but if your son goes to school and HATES it, and is not making friends and does not play with the other children, then how is he getting socialization benefits? Some ADHD children need to be much older before effective socialization can begin. Maybe he can be homechooled for now, and then later, you can try a school environment again. I know one ADHD child that homeschooling worked so well for-- his mother just kept on doing it!
Avatar f tn If they want to put him on something ,I would stay away from adderall and concerta.my youngest son was on both of them ,at different times for about 1 1/2 years .and now has seizures.witch is a side effects and cant be reversed.and now taken even more medicines to try help his seizures sisnce 2006 and even had the VNS Surgery in June to try and help him.but know way is he on any medicines for his add or adhd.
Avatar n tn I refuse to put him on prosac, which has known affects( seratonin) this is a normally energetic, outgoing, well spoken and outspoken, friendly young man with no fear( unfortunately) and his only issues are his narcissism and lack of empathy towards others.ANY IDEAS???
Avatar n tn ve had weekly checkups to monitor my dosage and my doctor and I have slowly worked up to 30 mg of adderall a day (20mg XR AM and 10 IR PM). Since that first week I've been feeling TIRED when taking my adderall and don't think it's working very well anymore.
Avatar n tn If soccer is your thing -- join a young adult league and up your energy that way, and your self-confidence, and your pride in doing good for yourself and your team.
219373 tn?1274921434 just prior to having her testing in which she was diagnosed with these she was on adderall for suspected ADD and the adderall was very effective for her concentration and focus, making schoolwork and chores etc much less stressful and frustrating. after her testing i was told she definalty does not have ADD and the aspergers is making her loose focus and have trouble with concentration etc. she was taken off the adderall and has not been doing nearly as well.
1367899 tn?1278121440 My sister and I started a blog on Adderall to learn more about the medication along with alternative and complementary ADHD treatment options. Any feedback from users of Adderall or Adderall XR would be greatly appreciated. Topics to be added this week on http://Adderall.org How is Adderall XR different from Adderall? [Adderall vs. Adderall XR] What is Adderall? How to Make Adderall: [Adderall Background Information] What are the best Adderall and ADHD books?
3050754 tn?1340206018 I am a military wife so I see a primary care physician on a military base. My doctor doesn't pretend to know what she's doing when it comes to my ADHD medication. She does, however, pretend the heck out of knowing what to prescribe me for my anxiety issues. But that's a different issue.
5739095 tn?1374690666 oh my kids are beasts and I can't deny them cuddles and carry them when they need me. my daughter will ask the odd time for me to pick her up and hug her but on a daily basics I pick up my 35 pound son who's 2 and carry him everywhere.
Avatar f tn You will probably have to give adderall a chance by slowly increasing the dose. If you had started her on adderall and she had the reaction you described, I would have said the dose was too high. I am not really sure about the reactions to Guanfacine. However, if she has something like Sensory Processing Disorder, the reaction would make sense. It is not unusual to mistake SPD for ADHD. And SPD is not treated with medication, but by an occupational therapist.
597354 tn?1227197932 He has been diagnosed already with ADHD and is on meds for it (i hate that). My question is - do children have thyroid problems that young or is it usually later in life? It may sound like a stupid question to some people but I really don't know and I haven't had time to research it. I didn't really even consider that he could have a problem at such a young age. If this is possible, I want him tested immediately.
Avatar f tn I currently take Levothyroxine 88mcg(μg) in the morning and 2 doses of Adderall (instant release, not XR) 20mg - one in the morning before classes and the second one whenever I need it depending on my classes that day or things I need to work on. I also later added Celexa 20mg which helped a lot with the anxiety and mood swings - especially from the "crash" of the Adderall. But with ADD meds, no one can tell you what will work best for you, or what dosage, before you try it.
876530 tn?1240168028 s developing accordingly from wat his pediatrician tells me. He is ADHD though, and already on adderall for it. (Young I know, but he needed it. He was about to be kicked out of daycare #2.) But other than that he's normal. (Alittle small for his age though.
Avatar n tn She been on most. She is on adderall to wake up and adderall later to stay up. She has seen MS specialists X2, had bloods, MRIs,CSF exam, sleep studies and there is no apparent physical cause for this. The only objective finding are scattered white matter lesions on brain mri that do not enhance and have not changed in 5 years. She is now 21. She is on disability. She used to be a straight A student before age 16 and was a dancer. Where can I take her to get this looked at? NIH or CHOP?
Avatar n tn Yeah ! ADDERALL XR helps young adults improve their ability to drive and do so safely over a 12-hour period." ADDERALL XR significantly improved ADHD symptom control in young adults with ADHD as compared to those on placebo. Eighty percent of patients experienced at least a 30 percent reduction in their ADHD symptoms based on the ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-RS) score when taking ADDERALL XR.
Avatar f tn And adderall can cause anxiety and stress.Along with other very bad side effects. If you have stress and anxiety already you shouldn't be taken something that can cause you to have even more of it along with other side effects that have cause sudden death and heart problems and even stroke and seizures. and seizures can be brough on by stress and anxiety. the doctors should try you on things like ,zoloft or celexa and there are many other drug you can try.
Avatar n tn I work with children like this every day and from my experience as a parent of children with ADHD I have to say I went to therapist. I talk to counselors. I did everything they told me to do. Nothing work. My daughter was so sweet and loving when she was a baby. when she turned 3 and a half something chnged. she became mean and violent. She was destructive. Her sweet I love you mommy became I hate you. Your not my mommy.
1744544 tn?1311299862 Instead, he has now taken me off of my Adderall and put me on 1mg of Intuniv, which is for CHILDREN ages 6-17.. I am a 27 year old woman who has been taking 60mg of Adderall for over 2 years, and he just STOPS and puts me on this.. Not to mention, my 6 year old son was recently prescribed 2mg of Intuniv and it turned him into a Zombie..