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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP.

I have a 9 yo DD who is often a disaster when off her medication. She has ADHD which presents as hyperactive, impulsiveness, and extreme emotional dysregulation. Until medicated she was highly oppositional. She has mild anxiety.

DD was a disaster at school and at home but now she is medicated during the school day. The meds have also reduced her oppositional behavior at home, I assume because she isnt working so hard to behave during the day. She is on concerta.

We did parent coaching and two rounds of therapist before medication, and the only thing that has worked is medication. I honestly believe that the only reason I have a relationship with my child that is loving is because of the medication- before that I spent all my time trying to protect my other kids from her or trying to protect her from hurting herself.

Even now, when things are doing well with her behavior, we visit the doctor for a medication adjustment - DD knows what the right thing to do is, but doesn’t have the impulse control to do it without medication.

It’s humbling and scary to realize it’s just biology (at least for DD). So my advice to you would be to keep trying to find a medication combination that works better - clearly the current regimen isn’t working for  her.

Wishing you the best. [/quote]

Op here. Thank you for this. She is noticably better when on her meds, but they last exactly six hours in her system. We tried to do the afternoon booster dose, but then she wasn't sleeping at night. We actually tried Concerts when we first medicated her, but she seemed comatose, and Focalin was a better fit. Our psychiatrist wants us to try Zoloft but her on Lexapro was probably the worst six weeks of my life, and I'm incredibly wary to try another SSRI and possibly jeopardize how well she does at school. He would also try Lactimal, but we definitely have some PTSD from failed medication trials and not sure what the best next step is. I do wish we could have her under the influence of her stimulant med for a longer stretch during the day.[/quote]

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