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ADD AND ADDERALL
MY SON IS SIX AND HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOST WITH ADD ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN TAKING ADDERALL XR 10 MG, IT STARTED OUT AS 5MG AND THE THE MEDS SEEM TO WORK BUT AT TIMES I THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME HE MOODS ARE VERY IRRATIC AND HE FLIPS OUT THROWS THINGS SLAMS DOORS OR JUST YELLS, AND HAS TANTRUMS HE HAS BEEN KICKED OUT OF HIS KINDERGARDEN CLASS AND NOW I HAVE TO TRANSFER HIM TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WE CAN NEVER SEEM TO REASON WITH HIM WHEN HE STARTS HIS OUTBURTS THEN A SCREAMING MATCHS OCCURS... WHAT CAN I DO
I would first like to make this suggestion. It may sound a bit insane at first, but at second glance you may find it could make a lot of sense. Why don't you take the same medicine he is on for two weeks and see for yourself what YOU think about it? I have nine children and I would stand in front of a freight train to protect them if its what I needed to do. Most parents would say the say thing. However, you are allowing your child to take a substance that bears an underlying responsibility for school shootings, sucides and children killing their parents. I'm not suggesting you do anything I haven't done. In fact, I have taken a months supply of Atterall, Dextroamphetamine and Provigil. Of course, not at the same time. As each child turned 16 I test drove their automobiles and even stayed on top of their vehicles with them for tire and maintainence issues. I went to every school they attended and checked out the school and teachers and carefully watched their diets so they wouldn't get too much sugar and junk so why would'nt I want to know what kind of mind altering drugs doctors, who have admittidily said they can't cure any mental conditions, are claiming my child needs to do better in life. Bottom line is Atterall and Dextro. made me short fused with my wife and fussy headed. Provigil in the beginning showed a definete increase in my ability to focus and concentrate for long periods of time. However, after about 10 days on it, it to began to alter my basic self.
Drugging school children is not about helping them, its about silencing them. Take them out of the equazion so they don't distract the teacher or others. Consider yourself lucky your son is carring on now before he becomes convinced he is a problem for society and must take drugs to protect the world from himself. Yes, I am being harsh, but so is your agreement to go along with the advice of others whose purpose is to make their life easier, not your sons better.
Have you considered another thought. Some people have a real trouble being controled by something they totally don't agree with. IE. they way our kids are taught in school is made so much more complicated than is necessary. Why is that? When I was in school, it was so boring, dull it almost drove me nuts but somehow I mangaed through it. I did it my way after school. I would reorganize the study or material that made more sense to me. School supresses creativity. Your son may simply be more creative than a standard school system. Another factor. Kids who have been going year after year in the same town with many of the same kids may not fit in. It don't take much with the crulity of school children to rattle a child.
Let me ask you this question. Assume your son transferred to a small private school where he was really needed on the football team even though he's not a football type. And suppose he started in a footgame and on his first game he caught a pass and scored his first touchdown. What do you think that would do to his self esteem, motivation to go to school the next day, his popularity, etc? I guarantee it would do much more than drugs could ever do for him. This example is exactly what I did for one of my sons and he did wind up scoring three touchdowns before the season was over. The next year I put him back in public school and he is currently in his third year fulltime in college going for an engineering degree. Look for other alternatives. Change his environment if necessary, loosen controls on him, allow him to make some decisions.
Last point. I had a friend, I don't anymore, who just put their son on drugs. The mother was such a control-a-holic over this young man that he wasn't permitted to have his own mind. This boy couldn't set at a dinner table with being a robot of manners, he had to be yes sir-no sir to adults in every conversation to a point it was annoying, religion and God was imposed on him about virtually everything he said or did--it was sick in my view and finally the mother had him convinced there was something wrong with him. He's a free thinking, free willed human being allow it to flouish.
Drugging school children is not about helping them, its about silencing them. Take them out of the equazion so they don't distract the teacher or others. Consider yourself lucky your son is carring on now before he becomes convinced he is a problem for society and must take drugs to protect the world from himself. Yes, I am being harsh, but so is your agreement to go along with the advice of others whose purpose is to make their life easier, not your sons better.
Have you considered another thought. Some people have a real trouble being controled by something they totally don't agree with. IE. they way our kids are taught in school is made so much more complicated than is necessary. Why is that? When I was in school, it was so boring, dull it almost drove me nuts but somehow I mangaed through it. I did it my way after school. I would reorganize the study or material that made more sense to me. School supresses creativity. Your son may simply be more creative than a standard school system. Another factor. Kids who have been going year after year in the same town with many of the same kids may not fit in. It don't take much with the crulity of school children to rattle a child.
Let me ask you this question. Assume your son transferred to a small private school where he was really needed on the football team even though he's not a football type. And suppose he started in a footgame and on his first game he caught a pass and scored his first touchdown. What do you think that would do to his self esteem, motivation to go to school the next day, his popularity, etc? I guarantee it would do much more than drugs could ever do for him. This example is exactly what I did for one of my sons and he did wind up scoring three touchdowns before the season was over. The next year I put him back in public school and he is currently in his third year fulltime in college going for an engineering degree. Look for other alternatives. Change his environment if necessary, loosen controls on him, allow him to make some decisions.
Last point. I had a friend, I don't anymore, who just put their son on drugs. The mother was such a control-a-holic over this young man that he wasn't permitted to have his own mind. This boy couldn't set at a dinner table with being a robot of manners, he had to be yes sir-no sir to adults in every conversation to a point it was annoying, religion and God was imposed on him about virtually everything he said or did--it was sick in my view and finally the mother had him convinced there was something wrong with him. He's a free thinking, free willed human being allow it to flouish.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Did the mood and behavior dysregulation commence after he started on the Adderall, or were those behaviors part of his baseline level of functioning?
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