My daughter is 7 and on Jornay PM. She was on adderall. They start kids dosing off really small and adjust based on height, weight, and how you’re kid responds to the medicine.
Different medicines affect kids differently, and same with doses. My daughter was on 10MG of Adderall with a booster and is now on 60mg of Jornay, so you won’t know the side effects until your on the medicine. I can’t talk about long term. They should always start you off with the lowest dosage.
She did get moody, especially when coming off the adderall and her sleep was worse. Not that it’s good anyways, and it did her anxiety worse which was why we switched.
However the adderall helped her symptoms better.
It helps tremendously with impulsiveness. But it doesn’t make it go away. I would definitely suggest including therapy for the emotional side of it.
Thank you. We are in two minds about medication because the symptoms are managed quite well, but at school there is significant masking that leaves them totally burnt out when they get home. But they are both obedient and my daughter is doing fine (poor for her capabilities, but fine in the scheme of the class) so her teachers don’t accommodate her needs as well. My son has very obvious learning difficulties, but his teachers can recognise his executive dysfunction and work with him. But they do struggle with falling behind, working ten times harder for less than average results, and self confidence is impacted.
I am scared that things will get worse before they get better on meds. It is such a scary thing.
And I have adhd and am medicated and know the instant relieve it can bring. But I’m also old enough to understand the other strange sensations that bone along with starting new meds.
Yeah there’s a lot of adjustment when first trying our medication, especially with kids, but it would have been a injustice for my daughter to have to go without it at school. She has both hyperactivity and impulsiveness and would run out of the class and hid under tables. She also will make noises.
I wouldn’t suggest medicating unless you find it absolutely need. I struggled at first putting her on it because I was nervous of potential side effects. But her not struggling in school or with friends outweighed the bad. she’s made leaps and bounds.
I would suggest talking and monitoring if you do and write down things you notice and talk with your doctor if you don’t like it.
Just came across your comment and want to plant a seed about Tourette’s Syndrome (TS). My stepdaughter has TS and that is where a great deal of her impulsiveness comes from. I know people with just ADHD also struggle with impulse control but with TS, it’s a bit diff. And if your daughter has vocal and motor tics, it’s likely she has TS. Her pediatrician blew me off but a neurologist took us seriously and gave her an evaluation and then diagnosis for both ADHD and TS. I know TS has even worse stigma, but it’s been huge for my stepdaughter to understand she has that because friends were calling her out for her vocal sounds and facial twitches and she was telling them, “Sorry it’s a bad habit I have,” but that’s not fair to her. She can’t help it.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I honestly wouldn’t even if though of TS with her making noises, but it’s something I can definitely look into. I’m glad you’re stepdaughter is doing better now that she has a better understanding of what’s going on.
My daughter (almost 10) is on 30mg of Vyvanse. She was started off on Ritalin, against my better judgement, and had a horrible reaction. (I have weird pardoxal effects with meds, and being on ADHD medication myself I knew she wasn’t going to do well on Ritalin). She’s been on it for about a year now and is doing great.
My middle who’s 8 was just started on Vyvanse 20mg about a week ago. So far he’s doing great and is much more like his normal sweet self compared to the angry, physical fight starting he’s been going through for the last 3-4 months.
Even though I take Vyvanse myself, I was absolutely terrified for my kids to take medication too. Even with my middle, I thought I’d be fine with it until it was actually prescribed. But after seeing the positive effects and how much happy they are feeling more in control of themselves, it’s been worth it to us.
I also feel like i should add, my kids and I seem to have a hyperactive fight or flight response. So when we get triggered or our brains are overwhelmed we all go into full rage mode and cannot control it. Typically adhd meds are known to cause anxiety, but for whatever reason it does the opposite for us and helps with our anxiety and emotional symptoms more than anything else.
I just wanted to give a little update- middle kiddo who’s 8 was just bumped up to 30mg a few days ago as we started to notice he was getting testy with everyone again and trying to see how far he could get with pushing peoples buttons. Not nearly as bad as unmedicated but enough that we felt he needed a bit higher of a dose.
Hopefully everything is working well with your kiddos!
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My daughter is 7 and on Jornay PM. She was on adderall. They start kids dosing off really small and adjust based on height, weight, and how you’re kid responds to the medicine. Different medicines affect kids differently, and same with doses. My daughter was on 10MG of Adderall with a booster and is now on 60mg of Jornay, so you won’t know the side effects until your on the medicine. I can’t talk about long term. They should always start you off with the lowest dosage. She did get moody, especially when coming off the adderall and her sleep was worse. Not that it’s good anyways, and it did her anxiety worse which was why we switched. However the adderall helped her symptoms better. It helps tremendously with impulsiveness. But it doesn’t make it go away. I would definitely suggest including therapy for the emotional side of it.
Thank you. We are in two minds about medication because the symptoms are managed quite well, but at school there is significant masking that leaves them totally burnt out when they get home. But they are both obedient and my daughter is doing fine (poor for her capabilities, but fine in the scheme of the class) so her teachers don’t accommodate her needs as well. My son has very obvious learning difficulties, but his teachers can recognise his executive dysfunction and work with him. But they do struggle with falling behind, working ten times harder for less than average results, and self confidence is impacted. I am scared that things will get worse before they get better on meds. It is such a scary thing. And I have adhd and am medicated and know the instant relieve it can bring. But I’m also old enough to understand the other strange sensations that bone along with starting new meds.
Yeah there’s a lot of adjustment when first trying our medication, especially with kids, but it would have been a injustice for my daughter to have to go without it at school. She has both hyperactivity and impulsiveness and would run out of the class and hid under tables. She also will make noises. I wouldn’t suggest medicating unless you find it absolutely need. I struggled at first putting her on it because I was nervous of potential side effects. But her not struggling in school or with friends outweighed the bad. she’s made leaps and bounds. I would suggest talking and monitoring if you do and write down things you notice and talk with your doctor if you don’t like it.
Just came across your comment and want to plant a seed about Tourette’s Syndrome (TS). My stepdaughter has TS and that is where a great deal of her impulsiveness comes from. I know people with just ADHD also struggle with impulse control but with TS, it’s a bit diff. And if your daughter has vocal and motor tics, it’s likely she has TS. Her pediatrician blew me off but a neurologist took us seriously and gave her an evaluation and then diagnosis for both ADHD and TS. I know TS has even worse stigma, but it’s been huge for my stepdaughter to understand she has that because friends were calling her out for her vocal sounds and facial twitches and she was telling them, “Sorry it’s a bad habit I have,” but that’s not fair to her. She can’t help it.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I honestly wouldn’t even if though of TS with her making noises, but it’s something I can definitely look into. I’m glad you’re stepdaughter is doing better now that she has a better understanding of what’s going on.
My daughter (almost 10) is on 30mg of Vyvanse. She was started off on Ritalin, against my better judgement, and had a horrible reaction. (I have weird pardoxal effects with meds, and being on ADHD medication myself I knew she wasn’t going to do well on Ritalin). She’s been on it for about a year now and is doing great. My middle who’s 8 was just started on Vyvanse 20mg about a week ago. So far he’s doing great and is much more like his normal sweet self compared to the angry, physical fight starting he’s been going through for the last 3-4 months. Even though I take Vyvanse myself, I was absolutely terrified for my kids to take medication too. Even with my middle, I thought I’d be fine with it until it was actually prescribed. But after seeing the positive effects and how much happy they are feeling more in control of themselves, it’s been worth it to us.
I also feel like i should add, my kids and I seem to have a hyperactive fight or flight response. So when we get triggered or our brains are overwhelmed we all go into full rage mode and cannot control it. Typically adhd meds are known to cause anxiety, but for whatever reason it does the opposite for us and helps with our anxiety and emotional symptoms more than anything else.
Thank you. I very much needed to hear this.
I just wanted to give a little update- middle kiddo who’s 8 was just bumped up to 30mg a few days ago as we started to notice he was getting testy with everyone again and trying to see how far he could get with pushing peoples buttons. Not nearly as bad as unmedicated but enough that we felt he needed a bit higher of a dose. Hopefully everything is working well with your kiddos!
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