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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Working in finding the right medication for our daughter, age 9, who has inattentive ADHD. We’ve tried Adderall and Ritalin but haven’t found the right fit yet. What worked for your inattentive kid?[/quote]

I wrote upthread about our DD who was diagnosed around that same age. She was on low-dose Concerta for over a year and it worked pretty well, but led to a lot of irritability late in the day when the effects wore off, and negatively impacted her weight (huge loss of appetite). We've had a lot of success now with Jornay which is a time release version of pretty much the same drug, dosed at bedtime and activated in the morning. It has smoothed out the emotional impacts and doesn't seem to have the same appetite side effects as Concerta. Not all pharmacy plans will cover it right away, but if you've tried a few other things already, it's worth asking your doctor about it.

To some of the other PP questions about taking weekends, vacations off, we did that more on the Concerta because of weight loss concerns so we needed breaks to get calories in. However, now that our child is older and can really express how she feels on and off the meds, we maintain dosing every day for consistency. She gets mild headaches on the days she is off and then coming back on and doesn't like those effects, and she feels more in control of her self and actions when she is on the medication in a way that she can understand and appreciate.[/quote]

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