Post by eaccae on Jan 12, 2005 16:43:52 GMT -5
Crillmom,
Ritalin LA did not work well for DS! On the Ritalin LA he was almost comatosed in the morning, getting inattentive and a little too hyper around Noon, and the rebounds were MONSTEROUS. The delivery system is different and the Metadate CD seems to work much more smoothly - evenly. We give him his pill at 7:45 (it takes a good half hour for the bus to actually get to the school). He gets off the bus at 3:15 and I would say he it is in the process of leaving his system at that time. It does take about a half hour to "kick in". Before getting the ritalin booster for afterschool I actually DID give DS another Metadate CD every Monday when he got home from school. We had hockey at 5:40 and after two unmedicated sessions it was either drop hockey or try the Metadate CD and see what happens.
It is funny - but the sleep issue wasn't as much of a problem as we thought it would be. DS DOESN'T sleep - regardless of meds. NEVER has! He actually was able to settle down enough to fall asleep. And if for some reason he didn't he was quietly doing something. He was NOT up any later than usual. I would say 4 out of 5 times (after taking the 2nd dose of the Metadate) he was asleep much earlier than normal.
Ritalin LA did not work well for DS! On the Ritalin LA he was almost comatosed in the morning, getting inattentive and a little too hyper around Noon, and the rebounds were MONSTEROUS. The delivery system is different and the Metadate CD seems to work much more smoothly - evenly. We give him his pill at 7:45 (it takes a good half hour for the bus to actually get to the school). He gets off the bus at 3:15 and I would say he it is in the process of leaving his system at that time. It does take about a half hour to "kick in". Before getting the ritalin booster for afterschool I actually DID give DS another Metadate CD every Monday when he got home from school. We had hockey at 5:40 and after two unmedicated sessions it was either drop hockey or try the Metadate CD and see what happens.
It is funny - but the sleep issue wasn't as much of a problem as we thought it would be. DS DOESN'T sleep - regardless of meds. NEVER has! He actually was able to settle down enough to fall asleep. And if for some reason he didn't he was quietly doing something. He was NOT up any later than usual. I would say 4 out of 5 times (after taking the 2nd dose of the Metadate) he was asleep much earlier than normal.
