Posted by seeknsolace on June 22, 2004, at 10:58:13
In reply to my 12 yr old was prescribed ritalin today.., posted by seeknsolace on June 2, 2004, at 19:20:03
> After approx. 2 months of my son being in counseling, the therapist decided he might need meds.. told me make a appt with the pdoc to evaluate him.. we had the appt today and the pdoc put him on 10 mgs of ritalin. My son shows classic symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder but also has behavior of ADHD. He's always been difficult but thought he would grow out of it but this past year has been a living hell.
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> I dont feel comfortable about him being on ritalin, maybe because of the bad rep it has had.
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> Does anyone have kids that is now or was ever on ritalin and can tell me what to expect.. or any of you that have been on it yourself, can give me some insight to wether this a route we should try or something else?
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> Thanks--------------------------
well we tried the ritalin for a couple weeks, turned out not to be a good thing.. gave him a quick rush and after two hours he would crash accompanied by fatigue and headache.. this was a daily occurence, the doc is now going to try lexapro.. starting thursday.. if anyone had any personal experience with lexapro or kids who have, will you let me know what to expect for my son? thanx.
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