![]() DS has, at times, noticed that if he takes the Vyvanse later in the morning (like on a Saturday), it keeps him up. When it wears off, he is ravenously hungry but still alert. DS thinks that 30 mgs Vyvanse doesn't helpa s much as it used to. We did a brief increase to 60 mgs, and DS started picking at his head, so we were swtiched back to 30 mgs. DS says it helps him some, I would say it does help, but not like a miracle or anything. I must admit, Vyvanse is mych smoother, no evening wear off crankiness, but it takes DS about 1 1/2 hours to kick in in morning (doctor doesn't believe this, he says literature says it works fast). Then we switched neuropsychs to this very well know doc for our area, and he right away switched DS to Vyvanse. Adderall at frist seemed to work, but gradually good effects just wore off and the higher dose just took his emotion away. We then tried Focalin XR (no effect, but low dose was used), then Adderall XR-the latter up to I think 30 mgs for a brief time. ![]() Otherwise, how can DS ever hold his own in a fast pace HS and college classroom (I know-accommodations but that battle has been the fight of a lifetime for us.)?Ī bit more summary of his medication history-we started with Concerta in Aug of 2007, gradually got up to 54, then I think 72 mgs, and on each dose, he had tics, stomach aches and bad side effects after he had been on the does for 10 days-2 weeks. DO the meds that increase neurotransmitters then speed up neuronal synaptic activity, thus speeding up processing? Or od the meds work by filtering other "noise" so the child can focus better but no change in processing speed?įor us, if meds are to really work, this is an aspect of his ADD that we would want help with. One thing I am wondering is if those of you more experience than I with ADD than I am have seen any change in your child's processing while on stimulants. My question is: He has been on Vyvanse, 30 mg (lowest dose manufactured) since February, and he took the testing while on Vyvanse (at evaluators recommendation). ![]() for DP filing, the evals were all repeated (grueling for DS, but he did it with full cooperation like a real trooper). Natually, school District felt there was no educational impact, so we have been in battle ever since (I have posted educational questions on Millermom's educational board-you are all so patient and supportive over there to help me, plus the help you give here, too. This pulled his FSIQ down to 106, solidly in normal range. Although I don't know the exact numbers yet, the evaluator told me he is very bright with "painfully slow processing." This is not a surprise to me, since a little more than a year ago, he had WISC IV done by another private evaluator and his PSI was 75 (about 16th percentile), which was almost 50 points below his VS IQ. ![]() AMong other medical and learnign issues, he has ADD-in. We are just starting to get in the results of very thorough private learnign evals on 16 year old DS. ![]()
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