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[quote=Anonymous]OP - without getting into what is your diagnosis - you mention adderrall and clonidine as meds.  IME, adderall was very necessary for my ADHD kid, but he also needed an anti-depressant.  There is a big component of ADHD that is emotional dysregulation and for some kids they need chemistry in order to access therapy.  Zoloft worked in addition to adderall and after about 5 years, when DS was older and could manage himself more, he felt he could stop taking it.

Other kids benefit from a non-stimulant in addition to Adderall - like Atomoxetine/Staterra in addition to stimulant med.

I'm not a doc, so I don't know what role the clonidine is playing - for some it is an anti-anxiety.  But, I would go back to the pdoc on the med mixture.  Medicine isn't a silver bullet, but some people have to do a lot of trial and error.  You need a good pdoc who does that in a methodical way - titrating up and staying on long enough to confidently eliminate a drug and move on to something else.

There are so many med combos & then with kids you hit on one and they are good for a couple years but then they grow or get hormones and boom! what worked doesn't work anymore.  Frustrating but not unusual. [/quote]

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