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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has adhd, low processing speed and above average IQ (per stixrud report, most areas above 85%, except for processing speed, which is 24%).

We have tried:
Guafacine 
Focalin
Concerta
Vyvanse

The guafacine doesn’t seem to do much besides make her tired.

The stimulants decrease her appetite and make it hard for her to fall asleep, but don’t seem to increase focus.  Weirdly, they seem to decrease processing speed or make her seem more spacey/in her own world/less engaged.

Any improvement in focus seems pretty minor to us—we can’t really see a huge difference to anything besides appetite and sleep.  What, if anything, should we try next?

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I have heard Guafacine and Clonidine make you really tired for the first 2 weeks until they level out and start working.  They are the only ones I hear take a bit of time.

Concerta is long acting and some kids struggle with falling asleep and eating.  My DC takes methylphenidate with a hearty breakfast since it lasts about 8hrs vs Concerta's 12 hours.  They drink a carnation high protein chocolate drink at lunch and whatever else they can eat (not much) but by dinner, they can eat again.

We do fish oil, a high zinc/iron multi vitamin, and extra vitamin D in AM.  We do magnesium at dinner to help calm down for the evening and Clonidine at bedtime to sleep through the night.

It is a struggle OP.  We really need parent groups so we can all talk and vent about this.  [/quote]

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