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[quote=Anonymous]Look into adding a non-stimulant medication, which may let you lower the stimulant dose. DS takes kapvay and concerta. Kapvay twice a day, and concerta just in the am. He needs it because he is extremely hyper and physical off medication. We literally never see the hyperactivity anymore. He's not doing a camp this week and I forgot to give him his stimulant until 10:30am, but his behavior was still impeccable at that point. When he was on stimulant only, he'd wake up like a maniac. While emotional outbursts aren't his problem, I assume the benefits of this type of twice a day medication would apply equally to your DS. And in our case, we were able to lower the stimulant dose by half when we added the non-stimulant. The non-stimulant isn't perfect on its own, but it gets you 50% there, and a low dose stimulant takes off the edge. [/quote]
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