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[quote=Anonymous]OP here with an update.  Saturday was his first day where we bumped down to 10mg adderall (compared with previous 15mg). He's still on 2 mg intuniv, which he takes in the mornings.  Saturday he was a bit hyper but nothing too bad.  He was pretty wildly hyper yesterday (day 2).  Like, my DH and i are struggling to remember him ever being that hyper before he started adhd meds (2 years ago).  The hyperactivity was just his body being in full motion -- running around the house, jumping on furniture etc.  He was having trouble focusing on things for more than a few minutes. Just by way of background, focus was never his problem. He was just too hyper and, in particular, touchy and physical in school.  If not for school, we used to say we could have lived with his behavior at home.  But sheesh, yesterday's behavior is hard to imagine living with!!

All that said, he's quite compliant (when i tell him to clean something, he does it, for example) and extremely happy. DH and i both agree that his personality is really shining through.  No irritability at all (though a little crying about a few things yesterday).

So the weird thing is that he is this hyper -- but he's still on 10mg adderall and 2mg intuniv. It's not like we dropped him off everything.  In fact, last fall he was on 10mg adderall and NO intuniv, and he was getting by in school.  Now he's on 10mg adderall and intuniv, and i just dropped him off at camp and wondering how long it'll be before i get a call to come pick him up.

So a couple questions: 
1. Does it sound normal to have extreme hyperactivity in the days tapering off adderall?  Will he readjust?  Time frame? 
2. You'd think he'd have some benefit to having 10mg adderall in his system. But it's like he might as well have no adderall in him.  If 15mg is his *perfect* adderall dose to keep him well behaved, is it possible that the dose below (10mg) will have zero effect?  or would you expect it to have *some* impact on his behavior, even if it leaves room for improvement?  [/quote]

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