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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is DC?

I highly suggest adding the another ADHD med - SLEEP.  We were in a similar situation and the one thing we knew we needed to concentrate on was getting a solid 9 hours of sleep a night, the recommended amount for our kid's age.  DC's sleep was all over the place.  We have started to use melatonin and it has really gotten us to our sleep goal.  DC takes 3mg on school nights.[/quote]

I totally agree with you that sleep is so important but 3mg is A LOT of melatonin especially for a kid. Was your doctor ok with that? When I give it to my child we do no more than 0.5 mg. My own doctor told me no more than 1 mg for an adult. [/quote]

My 10 year old takes 5 mg, otherwise he is awake all night (and this has even happened on the 5 mg unless he is run ragged during the day). If he is on any less than 70 mg of Vyvanse he is uncontrollable at school and home, but it affects him falling asleep. He is very severely ADHD. [/quote]

I'm the PP above who said their DS  is on a stim non-stim combo for severe adhd.  If I forgot to give DS his meds, there is a 100% chance -- even now in 5th grade - that he would get sent home from school for off the charts physical and bad behavior. So I am totally with you.  But we found the "side effects" of the stim untenable.  His pediatrician said they were expected effects, and not "bad side effects". That we should just assume rebound, no sleep, no eating, anxiety and flat personality.  We couldn't stand the effects. So I insisted on trying other things (with psychiatrist's permission).  That's when we tried the non-stim, which allowed us to dramatically reduce the stimulant, essentially lose all the side effects, and have the bonus of the drowsiness on the non-stim.  He went from staying up until 12-1am every night in Kindergarten, to falling asleep as soon as I put him in bed. Even if it's 8pm.  [/quote]

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