Medication for Inattentive ADHD

[Anonymous]

I will speak with her doctor, but I wanted to hear about other people's experiences. DD has been on Strattera for almost a year. She is at the highest dose. It's been helpful to her both of us notice a difference, and she feels worse if she misses a dose, and is all over the place. DD and I have noticed that it doesn't seem to be lasting as long as it did.

Since she's at the highest dose, it's likely she might need a medication switch. My concern is having her on a controlled substance. Wondering if others have made the switch from Strattera to a controlled substance and what the experience was like.

[Anonymous]

You should post on the Special Needs forum. You'll get more replies.

[Anonymous]

Stimulants work much better. But people have different tolerances to them. They gave my son an upset stomach. We make sure he eats breakfast before he takes his pill. It was a little rocky for a few years, trying to figure out the right dose. He's 14 now and doing very well on 20mg Vyvance.

[Anonymous]

We haven’t tried Straterra yet. We were very hesitant to try stimulants (or any drug) but finally broke down when our teen was begging for help with ADHD. She had to try a couple different ones but found one that works pretty well. She says it’s amazing, that she never knew “how normal people felt” and she had to expend so much energy to concentrate. She doesn’t take them on the weekends and doesn’t really like the way she feels on them (irritable), but she can’t really cope with a increased workload without it. I know it’s a tough decision but maybe try them. I Wanted you to have the perspective from someone who held off medication for over four years and doesn’t take it lightly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We haven’t tried Straterra yet. We were very hesitant to try stimulants (or any drug) but finally broke down when our teen was begging for help with ADHD. She had to try a couple different ones but found one that works pretty well. She says it’s amazing, that she never knew “how normal people felt” and she had to expend so much energy to concentrate. She doesn’t take them on the weekends and doesn’t really like the way she feels on them (irritable), but she can’t really cope with a increased workload without it. I know it’s a tough decision but maybe try them. I Wanted you to have the perspective from someone who held off medication for over four years and doesn’t take it lightly.

Which medication are you using?

[Anonymous]

My adhd inattentive daughter is on Vyvanse and sound very well. She is almost 17.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My adhd inattentive daughter is on Vyvanse and sound very well. She is almost 17.

My son also took Vyvanse. It was the first medication he tried and it worked very well for him.

[Anonymous]

mine is on vyvanse, as well. she has used this since her diagnosis (different doses) and added an additional short term adderall for when she needed to stay up longer for studying.

[Anonymous]

Mine is on Medadate and it made a world of difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We haven’t tried Straterra yet. We were very hesitant to try stimulants (or any drug) but finally broke down when our teen was begging for help with ADHD. She had to try a couple different ones but found one that works pretty well. She says it’s amazing, that she never knew “how normal people felt” and she had to expend so much energy to concentrate. She doesn’t take them on the weekends and doesn’t really like the way she feels on them (irritable), but she can’t really cope with a increased workload without it. I know it’s a tough decision but maybe try them. I Wanted you to have the perspective from someone who held off medication for over four years and doesn’t take it lightly.

Which medication are you using?

Dexedrine

[Anonymous]

We tried several meds (Vyvanse and Ritalin?) and both triggered significant anxiety in my daughter. Ultimately, we gave up on ADHD meds since none of us could deal with the anxiety spikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tried several meds (Vyvanse and Ritalin?) and both triggered significant anxiety in my daughter. Ultimately, we gave up on ADHD meds since none of us could deal with the anxiety spikes.

I used Ritalin but Wellbutrin helped with what I would describe as my emotional flat lining when I was on the Ritalin.

[Anonymous]

What is your concern with her being on controlled substances? Are worried that she will misuse them or share with friends? I have two kids with ADHD, and stimulants work much better than strattera for them. They aren't allowed to bring their meds anywhere. Being a controlled substance is a pain for me because I have to ask the doctor for a new prescription every month, but not a problem otherwise.