Monday, June 13, 2011
ADHD medications are stimulants and although they calm individuals with ADHD, one of the side effects is trouble sleeping. But ADHD itself can cause difficulty sleeping so it can sometimes be hard to know whether insomnia is caused by the medication or whether it from the ADHD. According to Dr....
My 9 year old boy takes straterra before bedtime, and sleeps well. However, the straterra seems to wear off by about 7 pm the next day. Would he do better to take it in the morning? Its not a stimulant medication, as far as I know. As he ages he has more trouble with changes to his routine and is more argumentative about changes. Is this the way ADHD goes? I previously raised 4 typical kids, three of whom were boys. this kids is WAY different they they were.