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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5yo recently started a low dose of a stimulant to treat his adhd. It has been very helpful behaviorally. However, he is not hungry at lunchtime (when the short acting were trialing is wearing off) and he has apparently been emotional not wanting to be unlike his peers and not eating.

I obviously just want him to eat. I make sure he eats a big meal before and after school and before bed, but is there anything that worked for other parents to help the appetite suppression, at school in particular? Is this a normal side effect we should live with or would another drug be better? [/quote]

I would keep an eye on the emotionality--it's possible it's more about the medication wearing off than about lunch, and you might want to try something with a bit of an extended release so that the medication leaves his system more slowly than the short acting one you're trying now.  He probably still won't be hungry at lunch time, so at least you've gotten some good ideas on that!

Just a guess--so much of medication management is trial and error.[/quote]

Totally agree with this!  While the appetite suppression is here to stay w/r/t stimulants the emotionality is more likely a sign of the med wearing off midday.  Try extended release.

For the lunch itself it is going to become more a snack - he might need a bigger dinner or an extra snack later in the day to make up for it.  I personally would not go the nutritional shakes route.  We saw some undesireable weight gain with that.[/quote]

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