They're your kids so it's your decision but might I suggest trying a low dose of Adderall or other medication and ramp up over time?
ADD was REALLY hard on me when I was a kid. I had a difficulty making friends. I got really bad grades in school. Got in fights. Made me depressed and I thought something was broken with me.
You can start with 5mg and then ramp up from there. I'm on 15mg. I can't really feel 5m and 20mg is far too much.
At lower doses they won't really have any side effects and then you can keep them on for 90-120 days to see how they tolerate it.
Proper dosage for me can be 10-100 times less then a normal person. Varies greatly.
One kid gets really bad headaches from less then 2mg pill.
Itβs a hard decision. Constantly monitoring them to see if they can manage without it. I think one is going to be okay with out.
Other one is probably going to have to go on. Still very young though
Split myself. Quarter of a 10mg pill (2-3mg) will either give me energy $ focus all day, put me to sleep, or give me the worst imaginable headache/partial blindness that takes days to recover from.
Was prescribed amatriptine for nerve damage. I had to get the lowest possible dosage, break pills into quarters. Even then it was still way too strong. ~1mg by my guess.
ADD was REALLY hard on me when I was a kid. I had a difficulty making friends. I got really bad grades in school. Got in fights. Made me depressed and I thought something was broken with me.
You can start with 5mg and then ramp up from there. I'm on 15mg. I can't really feel 5m and 20mg is far too much.
At lower doses they won't really have any side effects and then you can keep them on for 90-120 days to see how they tolerate it.