Information and opinions on health from DebW at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7633/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7633/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7633/index http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/7633/11859/medication-holidays Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:46:00 -0400 DebW 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 challenge.  Nikoli went back to his "old self" and every day was a struggle to keep him on... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/7633/11859/medication-holidays http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/7633/11452/story Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:04:00 -0400 DebW 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, obsessive/compulsive disorder and on and on. Before we got Nikoli, I was pretty convinced most ADHD kids... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/7633/11452/story