Reviewer: Cheyanne, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Caregiver)

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My 8 year old has been on this drug in combination with Concerta for almost a year. It has done wonders for us! He finally sits in his seat, can focus and concentrate in school, is finally reading (because he can sit long enough to focus on doing it!) and pays attention in class. We are up to 2 mg. It is perfect but it has sure helped him tremendously. We give him his meds with breakfast and besid ... Show Full Comment

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My 8 year old has been on this drug in combination with Concerta for almost a year. It has done wonders for us! He finally sits in his seat, can focus and concentrate in school, is finally reading (because he can sit long enough to focus on doing it!) and pays attention in class. We are up to 2 mg. It is perfect but it has sure helped him tremendously. We give him his meds with breakfast and besides having a headache and being sleepy for a day or two when he first started taking it and again when we upped his dose, he has had no side affects. Like I said, it is not perfect but if he misses a day of taking his medication we can definitely tell the medication is working! My husband and I were very anti medication for years regarding our youngest. We have seen the benefits.
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Reviewer: okiemom, 7-12 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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We recently started our 10 y/o son Intunive. Started out on 1mg for 1 week and it seemed ok he could definitly notice that he was drowsy. It seemed to really make him OCD he wanted to organize EVERYTHING. We bumped it up to 2mg the second week as instructed by our doctor and we had the same result as WorriedStepMom in her review. He was very zombie like and NOT the same child. He was very tired an ... Show Full Comment

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We recently started our 10 y/o son Intunive. Started out on 1mg for 1 week and it seemed ok he could definitly notice that he was drowsy. It seemed to really make him OCD he wanted to organize EVERYTHING. We bumped it up to 2mg the second week as instructed by our doctor and we had the same result as WorriedStepMom in her review. He was very zombie like and NOT the same child. He was very tired and his eyes were just crazy, it was like he was just going thru the motions. We will probably try a different medication. Im sure this works great for some children but its just not for us.
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Reviewer: WorriedStepMom, 7-12 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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My 8 year old step son was on Intuniv for a few months after being switched from Focalin for lack of weight gain. The Intuniv started out fine. A month later he was tired all the time, emotional, argueing,and being negative about himself. My mother always asked if he was feeling ok because his eyes looked strange. (like you can look at someone and see in their eyes they dont feel good). His colori ... Show Full Comment

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My 8 year old step son was on Intuniv for a few months after being switched from Focalin for lack of weight gain. The Intuniv started out fine. A month later he was tired all the time, emotional, argueing,and being negative about himself. My mother always asked if he was feeling ok because his eyes looked strange. (like you can look at someone and see in their eyes they dont feel good). His coloring was also off, he was a grayish/green instead of tannish pink. He always looked like he was about to vomit. Did anyone else experience this with their kids when on this medication? He is now on Adderall which worries us because we dont want him losing weight or stop gaining weight. He is 8 and wasnt even in the 80% for weight and he is 5 foot.
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Reviewer: Lovebug, 13-18 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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I have an 18 year old son who has been on ADD medication since the 4th grade. Beginning his senior year he was taking 60 mg of generic Ritalin, everything was ok but our Dr. Recommended that we got talk to a psychiatrist and see if he had any suggestions for the type of medication my son should be on that may be better for him. We met with a counselor and psychiatrist and they recommended adding I ... Show Full Comment

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I have an 18 year old son who has been on ADD medication since the 4th grade. Beginning his senior year he was taking 60 mg of generic Ritalin, everything was ok but our Dr. Recommended that we got talk to a psychiatrist and see if he had any suggestions for the type of medication my son should be on that may be better for him. We met with a counselor and psychiatrist and they recommended adding Intuniv 1mg. It took about one week for my sons digestive system to get used to it ( he was having some diarrhea and not sleeping) by after that week past it was clear that the combination of drugs was doing it job. He was taking the intunive at night and he switched to morning. I've never seen my child so happy. He is excelling in school and it has been wonderful. I don't normally write reviews, but I thought other moms and their kids would like to hear a success story. God Bless You
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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My 7 year old son has ADD/ADHD and started Intuniv about 2 months ago. He only took 1 mg for the first month and it helped significantly with his attention in school and with other activities. He was able to focus better and actually complete a task on his own that he could not do without constant reminders before the medicine. We bumped him up to 2 mg and it was too much, made him really sleep ... Show Full Comment

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My 7 year old son has ADD/ADHD and started Intuniv about 2 months ago. He only took 1 mg for the first month and it helped significantly with his attention in school and with other activities. He was able to focus better and actually complete a task on his own that he could not do without constant reminders before the medicine. We bumped him up to 2 mg and it was too much, made him really sleepy even after 2 weeks and during the night he was up all the time. So we went back down to 1mg and he is still doing well. We tried Vyvance prior to Intuniv and that was a nightmare so we are really pleased with this one. My son is also diabetic so this one does not affect his appetite which is REALLY important.
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