Post by camismom on Mar 19, 2004 8:28:42 GMT -5
Well, I have to brag a little. This time last year my dd was taking 80 mgs of Ritalin LA. 80. We started her on Strattera over the summer because I wanted her off stimulants since she was at such a high dose. Well, long story short, Strat didn't work out like I wanted, and we eventually had to add back a stimulant to the Strat. It was 40 mgs of Ritalin LA for school days only. About a month and a half ago Cami expressed the desire to quit taking the Strat. She couldn't tolerate it in the morning because it made her sick to her stomach, and so she took it at night with dinner. We would often forget it if we were out that night, or she would take it later than usual and it would give her trouble sleeping. I was no longer really seeing any benefits out of it, so since it was turning out to be more trouble than it was worth, I agreed to let her stop it and see how she did. Since then I have continued giving her the 40 mgs of Ritalin LA on school days only. I haven't noticed any significant change at home on weekends when she isn't taking anything, and haven't noticed any signicficant change at night when the Ritalin wears off like I did this time last year. Despite this though, I couldn't help but worry how she was doing in school. I mean she went from 50 mgs of Strat with 40 of Ritalin to just the Ritalin, when last year when on Ritalin alone she took twice that much. Well, yesterday was the icing on the cake. Report card day, and she made all A's and B's. I guess that eased my concern, huh? In a year's time, though she is growing and gaining weight, she has decreased meds instead of increasing. Could it be my child is finally learning how to control this stuff? Could it be hormonal changes are attributing to this? Who knows? I don't question answered prayers, I just thank God for them!!
Hope for us all!
God bless...
Hope for us all!
God bless...
