Hi spaz...nice to meet you

phew!! you sure have a busy schedule ........hope you still get a bit of downtime yourself

I see you have already posted on ADH forum. It is one of our boards that is still growing, so it will be good to have you there.

I would also suggest asking your questions re adderall on the Medications forum here http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72

and also maybe see if anyone on our Childrens Health forum has experience with adderall http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Welcome, spaz. With everything you've got going on, I hope you'll be able to squeeze out the time to be with us here!
One of my grandboys is ADHD. He was on medication for several years, and stayed super thin. Then his Mom stopped it during one summer break, and found he was able to cope without it. Boy, has he packed on the weight since she stopped the meds. Of course, he still has learning disabilities, but he is coping with that too.
Hugs,

I tried the placebo effect...orange tic tacs...with her doc's okay...NOT GOOD! She obviously functions much better on meds. She asked to try Adderall which her doc talked to her about when she realized the placebo wasn't helping her! She is still hyper and impulsive but can slow down enough to think "oh well, so I'll be in trouble for doing that!" LOL

It was only the second day on Adderall for her. It seems to keep her up though...she was always a night owl, like if she went to sleep she would miss something, except she didn't fall asleep until almost 1 a.m. tonight!