ADHD drugs??

[Guest guest]

Deb - My older daughter who had been diagnosed ADHD had been on all the

stimulant meds - while they helped tremendously, loss of appetite was always and

issue, etc. She's older now and of legal age and chooses not to take

medication. My son, who is 14, takes Strattera, a nonstimulant ADHD med. He

takes

this along with Zoloft for OCD and we've had great results. There is no loss

of appetite and Strattera has a sort of anti-depressant/anti-anxiety effect.

As a matter of fact, he actually started on this prior to the Zoloft and

within three weeks we had seen a decrease in his anxiety level with that alone.

My son also has Tourette's so we really tried to avoid the stimulant meds

so as not to exacerbate his tics. A lot of doctors use Strattera in

combination with a small dose of stimulant to achieve the desired effect.

Good luck....

In a message dated 7/16/2005 5:40:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

sdcm@... writes:

We'd appreciate some advice about ADHD drugs. Our son has had issues

with ADHD since he was 3 years old and we always felt if we treated

the underlying issues (OCD, GAD, Sensory Processing Disorder)the

attention problems would improve. They really haven't, and he is now

6 1/2. We are considering our options as far as meds go, but have

always heard that meds for ADHD make anxiety worse. Is this true?

Are any of them better than others? Worse? Also our son is super

tiny for his age. We don't think he needs to get heavy, but losing a

lot of weight wouldn't be terrific either!

Thanks for any input, Deb

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am glad to hear of your kids and others who have had success with

straterra. I know of some that were not helped by it.

How much do they take of it? Was a low dose helpful, since you saw

improvement in such a short time?

Thanks! Ellen