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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has worked for my DD who is 15.  It also works for my hot flashes.

We did as much natural as we could.  She also takes Barlean's high potency fish oil as well as a high Vit B multiuvitamin and a gummy with magnesium, theanine, zinc, and Vit D.

Definitely better than any stimulant she has tried. [/quote]

Which gummy and multivatinin are you using?[/quote]

My teen is very sensitive to certain pills and textures so it's trial and error.  She hates hardened or sticky gummies but will take this one. It tastes really good. And I love that it is only 1 a day.  She takes this around dinner to calm her from Focalin ER drop and get her ready for bed.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DHVQ9XWY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1PWMFDISMISV6&psc=1

The multivitamin is a capsule because most high B vitamins smell terrible.  The only thing it doesn't have that I would like is iron, but she loves steak, chicken, eggs, broccoli, shrimp etc.. so I feel like she is getting enough

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLLG833V?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_22#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor

Hope this helps! 
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My DD is only 10, but puberty is in full swing and we find her Focalin ER has worn off by 2:30/3 because she has to take it so early before school. If we increase her dose it will last a tiny bit longer, but she’s a zombie in the middle part of the day and it affects her appetite too much.

She’s been taking melatonin AT bedtime but there’s always a fight to get the routine started. Will try these magnesium gummies at dinner to see if there’s a difference. I also would like her vitamin D tested as her sister and I are naturally low without supplementation. Makes a big difference in mood!

I’ve hear guafacine at night worked well with Focalin er during the day, but waiting to get more back into the school routine before trying that. [/quote]

Guafacine can make them really tired the first week so you might want to start it on a 3-4 day time off if possible.  I have heard mostly good, but we started with Clonidine instead as her sleep was so bad and it tends to make them a bit drowsier.  Before the clonidine, her Apple Watch would beep with heart rates in the 130's during Focalin's second peak and she struggled with going to bed.  That has gone away now.

Right now she takes Focalin ER and Wellbutrin in AM and Clonidine and Lamictal in PM and it is by far the best combo we have had in 2 years of trying.  Almost to the point we are considering tapering the Focalin away as her ADHD issues are more emotional regulation, impulses, and hyperactivity in the brain (overthinking, overtalking) and I feel like Lamictal has been the savior and a low does of Clonidine has helped with sleep and rolls over during much of the school day to give her that pause to gain a thought before blurting or acting out.  And that maybe the Focalin isn't needed as she has always been good with focus, especially when her mind is more at rest.

Good luck! [/quote]

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