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[quote=Anonymous]My child is on Adderal XR, and it seems like the "therapeutic benefit" wears off around 4 or 5, but the stimulant effect lasts until 10 or so.  By this I mean that he's often acting very impulsively by dinner time, but I'm disinclined to give him a booster because he already can't get to sleep until 10 or 11, so he's really not getting enough sleep for his age.  He has boy scout meetings a couple times a month at 7 pm., and they are just a disaster.  There's also a few other things in the evening, although none as late as boy scouts.  I hate to have him quit scouts, because he likes it and I've heard it's a good outlet for kids with ADHD, but it takes about a month off my life every time I take him to a meeting trying to manage his impulsivity and avoid the looks from all the other parents.
Has anyone found a solution for this?  Are there other meds that might have a longer therapeutic effect but not keep him up so long?  I'll talk to his psychiatrist, of course, but wanted to see if anyone had any lived experience on this front.  Those evening hours are sooooo hard, and that's when all the activities are.[/quote]

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