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Post by puzzled on Aug 9, 2008 16:27:33 GMT -5
Mary, I don't want to tell you to go against the doctor....but why don't you just try it on your own for a few weekends? If it doesn't work, it doesn't work....if it is tolerable in short doses, then continue. This was the only way to get any food into chase while he was on concerta, and I have continued it with the other med. He takes his tenex all the time, but on weekends, I do not give the stim, and he has not taken it all summer. He does not have the hyperactivity though....
I really wish you could get the tenex in your country, I really think it would help him a LOT. Because it mellows Chase out quite a bit as far as impulsiveness and aggression. And I am convinced it helped him to gain weight.
He got on the scale the other day, he is getting little 'love handles' and has really got some meat on his bones...he weighs 78 pounds now!
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Post by bugsmom on Aug 9, 2008 22:02:08 GMT -5
I agree with Puzzled about trying the weekends off once you go back on the Concerta. I know a lot of parents that don't medicate on the weekends. I know most doctors don't recommend it, but alot of people do it. Maybe you should talk to your doctor again and see what they say. It's worth a try.  |
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Post by mary2 on Aug 9, 2008 22:48:06 GMT -5
Thanks Puzzled and bugsmom! I will ask the Dr again. The appointment is Sept.2... long way to go yet...
Today we had a better day. My son has been attached to some different toys since long ago; which means, he can't go out anywhere without them since he says those give him luck. The psych has been working out this issue with him since we don't want him to believe every achievement he makes is because of these toys. It has been so difficult... So yesterday I started confiscating them after every incident. They are a family of five toys, and he ended up with only one; he was terribly frustrated, and his reactions reminded me of those TV programs in which a psych or a nanny start giving directions to lost parents while the child is shouting the world out,lol. I gave them back to him this morning and the day was a lot much better than yesterday. However, I still have a lot of work to do in regard to the "lucky" toys... The problem is not him having or playing with them, the problem is that he believes that anything that goes well for him is because he was carrying the toys. I was in shock the day when his was given his effort medal; when I took the pants he wore to the washing machine some of the toys fell off his pocket, I felt sad... I had a serious talk with him... He still feels lots of security with his toys...
Well, these are just little extras of my son's behaviors, we are trying to take care of them the best way possible. I am working with the psych.
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