I'm okay with discussing meds. It has been a journey to figure out what would help him become successful in his academics as well as to learn how to advocate for what he needs.
He was/is diagnosed with ADHD-combo type w/anger and Asperger like behavior. He was taking Vyvance 60 mg most of last year. He insisted on taking med 'holidays' on weekends and summer. When his senior year started, he was able to tell his doc he would like to take 35 or 30 mg in the morning and another 30 mg around 11:30 because he seemed to notice that it wore off by 3 pm if he just took it in the morning. He also too Intuniv which he says helps him relax and go to sleep. sonata was prescribed as needed but he rarely took it but once or twice. He still had some irritability in the afternoon. If our dogs would play or if someone talked in his presence, he would complain and get angry. His doc suggested NAC... n-acytal-cystine, a supplement which can be found in specialty vitamin stores. I've read somewhere some autistic children has tried NAC in the past as an agent to de-toxify. He thought it worked in calming him but he didn't really care to take it anymore after a month. The first 6-months of school were overall pretty good.... consistent passing grades and perhaps one or two tardies here or there.
By January this year, he stopped taking everything. He didn't think he had any issues or needed medication to help him. That is where most of his more serious issues started to pop up.... the irregular sleeping, grades dropping, and truancy. Five out of the 16 recorded absenses was in accout of him arriving at school after 1st period and the school's policy is to count it as a full day. He didn't really complain about doing the court appointed counciling or community service. Everything improved after he went back on vyvance 30 mg in the morning and he recieved daily academic monitoring where he is forced to start the assignments in school. He had no problem completing them at home.
Last edited by JustAMom; 05/30/11 04:13 PM.
