Re: YOUNG SON WITH ASPERGERS\ADHD

[Guest guest]

Is there a "not-time-release" that he could try? Maybe take one in the AM, one at noon and one when he gets home? Maybe a little smaller dose at each time, but keeping it in his system more?

Robin

From: K. Fletcher (Haygood) <katedarrell@...>Subject: ( ) YOUNG SON WITH ASPERGERS\ADHD Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 3:32 AM

I AM JUST STARTING OUT WITH THIS ROAD, MY SON IS ALMOST 6 (IN MAY) AND THE DR's ARE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT MEDS TO HELP CALM HIM DOWN ENOUGH TO GET THRU THE DAY AT SCHOOL AND STILL MAKE IT AT HOME. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH HIM CAUSE HE IS SOOOO HYPER BY THE TIME HE GETS HOME FROM SCHOOL THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT TO TRY HIM ON NEXT. WE HAVE TRYED THE RITALIN BASED MEDS AND HE DOES GOOD ON ADDERALL(GENERIC) BUT THE TIME RELEASE ISN'T WORKING AS WELL AND i\I HAVE NO IDEAS WHAT TO DO NEXT!! ANYONE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS? ??

[Guest guest]

Kids need time to unwind after school. My son would try to hold it together

during the school day & then let it all out when he got home. It was really

obvious when he had a bad day at school!

Your son may need some adjustments to the meds - but how about giving him some

way to channel that energy when he gets home? When the meds are working right,

your son will still need some way to transition from school to home. For my son,

we went through several small trampolines that let him jump and bounce off that

burst of energy. I also sent him to the trampoline for 5 -10 minutes to clear

his headwhen he got stuck on homework. Some days he ran in circles or jumped and

some days he ran to a sketchpad and had to draw furiously. So I always had paper

and pencils plus the trampoline ready to go when he got home from school. Then I

just let him alone for awhile so he could blow off some steam.

I also set up a snack basket in the kitchen for my kids when they were little so

they could help themselves to something to eat. Eating always calms my son down.

For my son, the running in circles and jumping around was his way of stimming, I

think. It was his way of trying to focus, trying to get his brain to settle

down.

[Guest guest]

Those are great ideas and I think we just might try them. And thank you for the

input all of the different input has helped alot.

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> Kids need time to unwind after school. My son would try to hold it together

during the school day & then let it all out when he got home. It was really

obvious when he had a bad day at school!

>

> Your son may need some adjustments to the meds - but how about giving him some

way to channel that energy when he gets home? When the meds are working right,

your son will still need some way to transition from school to home. For my son,

we went through several small trampolines that let him jump and bounce off that

burst of energy. I also sent him to the trampoline for 5 -10 minutes to clear

his headwhen he got stuck on homework. Some days he ran in circles or jumped and

some days he ran to a sketchpad and had to draw furiously. So I always had paper

and pencils plus the trampoline ready to go when he got home from school. Then I

just let him alone for awhile so he could blow off some steam.

>

> I also set up a snack basket in the kitchen for my kids when they were little

so they could help themselves to something to eat. Eating always calms my son

down. For my son, the running in circles and jumping around was his way of

stimming, I think. It was his way of trying to focus, trying to get his brain to

settle down.

>