Re: Thinking on going the ritalin route, but concerned about fear issues....

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my son is on a great medication called Intuniv, it is not a controlled substance like ritalin is. Ask your doctor about it.

From: bucaroobonzai2003 <ssernaker@...> Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 6:20:34 PMSubject: ( ) Thinking on going the ritalin route, but concerned about fear issues....

My son's fear issues are manageable, but there. We are thinking about trying ritalin to see if it helps his attention/focus, but I'm a little concerned about it adversely affecting his fear issues. Anyone have any experience one way or the other?

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Our experience with Ritalin...it has to be dosed every 4 hours (at least ours did - no extended release) and there were definitely points where you could tell it was wearing off - about 45 minutes before the next dose was due. Not alot of continuity...very up and down. We really had a good experience with Focalin...its an XR formula, and did well for my daughter.

I'd definitely look for something with an extended release.

( ) Thinking on going the ritalin route, but concerned about fear issues....

My son's fear issues are manageable, but there. We are thinking about trying ritalin to see if it helps his attention/focus, but I'm a little concerned about it adversely affecting his fear issues. Anyone have any experience one way or the other?

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I would make sure you see a child psychiatrist and not your family

doctor. I know some stimulants do increase anxiety. But there

are some that actually also help to reduce anxiety. I don't

remember which ones but this was the information I heard

at a conference on Asperger's medical treatments.

Pam

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> My son's fear issues are manageable, but there. We are thinking about trying

ritalin to see if it helps his attention/focus, but I'm a little concerned about

it adversely affecting his fear issues. Anyone have any experience one way or

the other?

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