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Medication holidays

by DebW on ADHD
Monday, July 30 2007

I know some families give their kids medication holidays and I've even done it myself. In our case, Nikoli needed to gain weight. He had lost weight when he started on Adderall; I knew as a stimulant Adderall would affect his appetite, but I didn't realize he would lose weight. For us, the medication holiday was a big... Read more Chevron

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My story

by DebW on ADHD
Wednesday, July 18 2007

I am the mother of a nine-year-old boy with ADHD. Nikoli was diagnosed when he was in first grade, but I had my suspicions long before that. Nikoli was adopted from Russia, and from what I have read, many, many kids adopted from Russia exhibit ADHD symptoms, plus other conditions/diseases such as bipolar disease, RAD, FAS,... Read more Chevron

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