ADD

Posted By: sienna on 2006-07-22
In Reply to: Adderall Rx - inattentive

My son was suspected to have ADHD, and he underwent hours of testing, as at first the school system said it was a behavior problem, which it was not, the expert in ADHD gave him a prescription for the Ritalin, and then his pediatrician took over on the prescritions. You really need the testing for this and it was a couple of hours as I remember, also questionnaires to fill out. My son has been taking Adderall 10 and then 5 mg at night, but you may have a physician who is knowledgable in this disease and can diagnose you with a questionnaire asking different questions for a low dose of the medicine. I believe now a lot of the experts in the field are leaning more towards biofeed back, no drugs instead, but that never worked for my son. I think my husband has it and my other son too, but my husband controls his with coffee (sounds weird but it does work). Good luck in your diagnosis.

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Adderall Rx - inattentive
- ADD - sienna
  - Experts NOT leaning towards biofeedback... - sm
  - Coffee is a stimulant. My oldest was diagnosed with - me
    - If you try caffeinated drinks, make sure to use Equal or Splenda. - nm
    - adderall has less side effects that amoxicillin - sm
- If you get a doctor to prescribe it without testing from - me
- Before the doc would prescribe anything to my brother, he had to see a psychologist and undergo - MissouriMT
  - Your brother took the right approach...sm - My 2 cents
- ADDERAL RX - DIGGER MT
  - I think it would be likely a doc would prescribe a trial Rx although - sm

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