Obviously from the content of my recent blogs I've had a one track mind lately. Darren's ADHD meds are at the top of our list of things to think, plan and worry about. Appologies if this is boring any of you, but it is an important time in our lives.
Darren took his first dose of meds (Concerta) this morning. We were to start with the smallest dose which is 18mgs. That doesn't seem to have had any affect on Darren at all, so tomorrow we will try 2 pills (36mgs) and see if that does anything. If not, we'll up it to 54mgs either Monday or Tuesday, depending on what the Doc says. We are all just holding our breath to see what happens. Meanwhile, everything else seems to be happening in the background.
All the good folks of the Internet are holding our collective breath with you all, Kris.
I look forward to seeing you, dollin.
xoxox
Posted by: GraceD | January 30, 2005 at 10:27 AM
Please let us know how it's going. I hope for all your sakes that this medicine will do the trick. *fingers crossed*
Posted by: Faith | February 01, 2005 at 07:07 PM
A brief comment on rapid change in psychoactive drugs--I have heard from some moms that a slower rate of change up (and down)seems to result in smaller incidence of side effects.
Posted by: liz | February 07, 2005 at 09:59 PM
I found your blog by clicking one blog after another! The ADHD category caught my eye, since I have two sons, one with ADHD (one son is less severe, though.) Did you settle on an optimum dosage with your child? Our son is on the 36 mg dose, but I'm going to ask him doc if we can try a higher dose.
Hope things are working out for you! We've been dealing with this for 2 1/2 years now.
Posted by: nat | March 24, 2005 at 05:41 PM