My son takes Concerta and he's had good results with it. I was very anti-medication for many years, but finally had to give in. Thankfully we had two excellent psychiatrists that understood how I felt about medicating such a young person (he started on them when he was 7 1/2), and we tried a few before settling with Concerta. He gets 27mg in the morning and then 18mg at lunch. It calms him enough to concentrate, but doesn't turn him into a zombie. I hope to eventually get him off medication, but considering I have my own issues with ADD and have to take Vyvanse (which he tried with terrible results), he'll probably have to take a little something for the rest of his life.
He's also inherited my trouble with sleeping, and although his doctor wanted to try other stuff, he also hated the idea of giving so many different drugs to my son. In the end, he suggested melatonin and that helps us both.
For my son, Concerta hasn't given any terrible side-effects. He eats and he sleeps, and I would like to share in a very proud mommy sort of way that he had an 87 average in school for the year. That is three points from straight A's!
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He's also inherited my trouble with sleeping, and although his doctor wanted to try other stuff, he also hated the idea of giving so many different drugs to my son. In the end, he suggested melatonin and that helps us both
How did you sneak it to him, or was he ok with taking it? We tried this after about 7 years existing on 4 hours sleep a night as it is a natural hormone released by the body I gave in and we tried it, to be honest physically and mentally for us it was getting to breaking point. We sneaked the capsule into the middle of a cadburys caramel section and we had the first real nights sleep in years, again the next night but on the third he bit into the middle of the section rather than wolfing it down as usual and that was the end of that it was only about a year ago I would say he has settled down to where he falls asleep around 8pm and wakes about 4am.
For my son, Concerta hasn't given any terrible side-effects. He eats and he sleeps, and I would like to share in a very proud mommy sort of way that he had an 87 average in school for the year. That is three points from straight A's!
A big well done to your son,and you carry on doing the proud mummy thing
Hi Kendra I used to get the milk from Sainsbury's but they stopped selling it, they said there wasn't the demand however I will check a few places for you. I have tried this myself and it's very effective. Melatonin is a natural product and can come in capsule form and can be prescribed on prescription by your GP. It is freely available in the US, airline pilots use it to get them selves back on track after Jet Lag. This product is ideal for those who have ADD, ADHD and sleep disturbances, it promotes a natural sleep not enforced like sleeping tablets (Which have side effects). www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/tc/melatonin-overview
He just takes it with some water. He's very good at swallowing pills, and has been for years.
With melatonin, we have to make sure he gets it an hour before we want him to sleep. We also have a structure to his bedtime that I think helps a bit, too.
And thank you, Kendra. I am very proud at him and how far he's come in the last couple years. One of these days I'll have to share what happened to us in 2005, which makes his journey even more amazing.
He's also inherited my trouble with sleeping, and although his doctor wanted to try other stuff, he also hated the idea of giving so many different drugs to my son. In the end, he suggested melatonin and that helps us both
How did you sneak it to him, or was he ok with taking it? We tried this after about 7 years existing on 4 hours sleep a night as it is a natural hormone released by the body I gave in and we tried it, to be honest physically and mentally for us it was getting to breaking point. We sneaked the capsule into the middle of a cadburys caramel section and we had the first real nights sleep in years, again the next night but on the third he bit into the middle of the section rather than wolfing it down as usual and that was the end of that it was only about a year ago I would say he has settled down to where he falls asleep around 8pm and wakes about 4am.
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Hi Kendra I used to get the milk from Sainsbury's but they stopped selling it, they said there wasn't the demand however I will check a few places for you
Cheers for that, I tried the capsules with Aidoan but he sussed them out when he bit into the middle of what we had hid it in,from that point there was no chance
He just takes it with some water. He's very good at swallowing pills, and has been for years.
You lucky thing you,I dont stand a chance of that with mine.
With melatonin, we have to make sure he gets it an hour before we want him to sleep. We also have a structure to his bedtime that I think helps a bit, too.
Yup Aidoan has his routine just no melatonin
And thank you, Kendra. I am very proud at him and how far he's come in the last couple years. One of these days I'll have to share what happened to us in 2005, which makes his journey even more amazing
I look forward to it,what might be the smallest achievement for most children with ours is an amazing achievment. ;D
I'm sure you've all thought of it already but my little godson has to take medicine for epilepsy. He has to take a couple of capsules each night but has the contents poured in an mixed with a couple of spoons of chocolate mousse. Admittedly he is aware of what he's taking.
I stopped the bus for Sebastian Coe, He couldn't catch it for he was too slow.
Great idea and if we could be prescribed it in liquid form I certainly would go with that, but our doctor only prescribes the capsules with micro beady things,if I broke open one of them he would spot them a mile off and we would get one of his" Youre having a bubble" looks and that would be that
His an expert at filthy looks,at the moment I'm withstanding the looks of disgust I am getting from him as I am not Moses and able to command the water in his swimming pool to suddenly fill it up faster for him
as for evidence Jigsaw,the fact of the matter is any evidence I provide will be flawed by other research etc done,on that basis my evidence is as worthless as yours Jigsaw!
There you go with child-like argumentation again.
The evidence I was going to post was the latest research papers from the experts in the field. The evidence isn't "mine". That's just you trying to personalise things again (Argumentum ad Hominem).
If you were capable of debating like an adult rather than an emotionally charged brat then we might have actually got as far as looking at the evidence that is out there.
Great idea and if we could be prescribed it in liquid form I certainly would go with that, but our doctor only prescribes the capsules with micro beady things,if I broke open one of them he would spot them a mile off and we would get one of his" Youre having a bubble" looks and that would be that
His an expert at filthy looks,at the moment I'm withstanding the looks of disgust I am getting from him as I am not Moses and able to command the water in his swimming pool to suddenly fill it up faster for him
Kendra do what we used to do with the patients when they wouldn't take their meds, we put them in a teaspoon of jam, it disguises the taste and they love sweet stuff.
I read with horror the other day that the Government will be putting into practice at some point that any child NOT vaccinated with the MMR will not be allowed to enrol at school? WTF
I have four children, born in 1991, 1993, 1996 and 1999. They have all had the mmr.
I did query the vaccination with my GP with my first child. He had no fears over autism, but his fear was that some people were connecting it to epilepsy. My dad had epilepsy, and this nearly stopped me allowing my son to have the vaccination. GP was really kind and gave me all the time and explanations he had.
Now, my son born in 1996 is autistic/Aspurgers spectrum (educational psychologist states this on his Statement). However, from the instant he was born I could see that his behaviour was different to that of his older two siblings. Having had a child after him too I can say that he was, in my opinion "different". More whingey, moaning, crying clingy - very hard work. He was able to count and knew his colours at a very early age, could run at 10 months, and was possibly about 3 before he started to walk.
However, this is what makes him who he is and I wouldn't change a thing about him - however heartbreaking and challenging it has been and still is!
My mother-in-law wanted me to take action against the mmr, but after I explained how I felt, she had to agree that he has always been "different".
I'm not saying it is or isn't the mmr. In my case, it isn't.
Oh yes, and he got the measles. Very, very mild, but the health authority had to be notified. He would have been about two and a half then.
I really do think that the matter does need to be addressed though, and don't understand why the cost of having seperate jabs available isn't there. Personally, I couldn't have faced the upset of putting them through that many jabs.
Meanwhile, children who are too young to be vaccinated are getting the measles (I had measles when I was small, and can still remember being ill), and pregnant women are going to be vulnerable to ruebella.
My GP was always supportive and never pushy over the choice of mmr.
I read with horror the other day that the Government will be putting into practice at some point that any child NOT vaccinated with the MMR will not be allowed to enrol at school? WTF
Isn't this how it's done in Australia too?
I know when children are enroled into school they do ask if children are vaccinated.
I don't think I know anyone who hasn't had their child vaccinated, as I would really like to know how they feel.
Personally, I believe it should be the choice of the parent.
I and (my now ex) wife did wonder about this long and hard, and in the end decided to have our daughter vaccinated.
It is a very personal decision, but one factor has to be the Society we are part of. Smallpox has been eradicated by vaccination, so it can be done.
But as seen, any group who take the personal decision to not vaccinate allows a pool of the disease to remain, to break out and cause damage at a later date.
I wish I knew if the MMR was 100% safe. I suspect not as I don't believe anything in this world (apart from death and taxes) are 100% certainties.
I also wish that there WAS a distinct code of rights AND Duties to define the society and the people in it. That would be simple and was tried with the Feudal system.
But we deciede we liked Democracy, and the liberty to be an individual, which gets messy.
I was lucky when I played the odds with my daughter, effectively, though people may mis-understand me putting it in such crude terms.
But on this one I think the element of choice should not be left to the individual, as their decision WILL affect others.
It's like the smoking ban, I object to it on personal liberty grounds (and to show it wander around with an unlit pipe in my mouth) but on a H & S grounds it does protect others from secondary smoking diseases, so as a Society it balances out.
Be affable, but have Occam's Razor in your back pocket.
I read with horror the other day that the Government will be putting into practice at some point that any child NOT vaccinated with the MMR will not be allowed to enrol at school? WTF
Isn't this how it's done in Australia too?
I know when children are enroled into school they do ask if children are vaccinated.
I don't think I know anyone who hasn't had their child vaccinated, as I would really like to know how they feel.
Personally, I believe it should be the choice of the parent.
I agree that it should be up to choice whether the child has immunisations or not. The government do get things wrong at times, remember Thalidomide every pregnant woman was told it was safe and look what happened.
Here in the States, a child can still go to public school if not vaccinated. We do have the religious reason, though, and since the ACLU keeps them on their toes about the separation of church and state, they have to allow that exemption.
I would assume the same in the UK?
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