Reviewer: Nennyof4, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)

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MY grand daughter has been on this for ADHD for quiet some time now like a couple years so please tell me (i'm the grandmother) WHEN DOES THIS START WORK??? This 8 year old iS still so busy and does not sleep half the time and can stay up all night, whats up with that,,,

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MY grand daughter has been on this for ADHD for quiet some time now like a couple years so please tell me (i'm the grandmother) WHEN DOES THIS START WORK??? This 8 year old iS still so busy and does not sleep half the time and can stay up all night, whats up with that,,,
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Reviewer: Thankful Mother, 7-12 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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My son is 9 years old with ADD- he started having signs in Spring of First Grade. He started taking about 5mg of Vyvanse but the side effects have been terrible. He would hardly eat anything, sleep deprived, angry, argumentative, and just plain hard to deal with after the medicine wore off for about a solid 2-3 hours. We are now in the fourth grade and tried to up his dosage to 20 mg but could ... Show Full Comment

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My son is 9 years old with ADD- he started having signs in Spring of First Grade. He started taking about 5mg of Vyvanse but the side effects have been terrible. He would hardly eat anything, sleep deprived, angry, argumentative, and just plain hard to deal with after the medicine wore off for about a solid 2-3 hours. We are now in the fourth grade and tried to up his dosage to 20 mg but could not get past 15mg. The side effects became worse. He even started a sniffing tic that was so annoying. He was getting into trouble for silly little things like playing in the bathroom at school, talking out of turn etc. Thankfully he did not get into fights or such. He is a sweet, loving child. He does pout if he does not get his way though. With all that said, we went back to the doctor and he put him on 5mg of adderall. Same side effects. We took him off and the with drawl was horrendous!!!! So we started with Guanfacine- Tenex on November 2nd and he is so much better as far as calm, kind, not argumentative, not mean, not smart acting. He will not reach full effects until at least 8-9 weeks. Being tired should subside! My only hope now is that he has more drive and willingness to do homework and things that are required of him after he gets through the tired stage. So much better than the stimulants.
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Reviewer: anonimous, 13-18 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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As the primary caregiver of my grandson who was diagnosed with having ADHD five years ago at the age of eight. Taking the long acting guafacine HCL WAS helpful with him getting a reasonable amount of sleep with out getting up perioticly through out the night. It was unfortunately causing him to be tired and sleepy through out the day and hard to maintain in class at school not feeling like doing m ... Show Full Comment

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As the primary caregiver of my grandson who was diagnosed with having ADHD five years ago at the age of eight. Taking the long acting guafacine HCL WAS helpful with him getting a reasonable amount of sleep with out getting up perioticly through out the night. It was unfortunately causing him to be tired and sleepy through out the day and hard to maintain in class at school not feeling like doing much of anything. It didn't seem to help his ADHD, Other than slowing him down. He became over time aggressive with his behavior as if he was regressing reverting back to the behaviors he was depicting in the beginning before he was diagnosed and put on medication. When he decided to not take it anymore, after about two weeks of not taking the guanfacine he complained of feeling sick with nausea. The nausea appeared to have only lasted for one day. His Dr. was informed of his discontinuance. Since then he appear to not be as tired and is some what more willing to doing his homework and is not showing the aggression but showing more calmness.
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Reviewer: mojo1, 35-44 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Ive been on it for 3 weeks. I am soooo tired. I also find myself eating more. I am giving it the trial asked of me by my doctor, but if the tiredness doesnt improve, I will discontinue the use.

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Ive been on it for 3 weeks. I am soooo tired. I also find myself eating more. I am giving it the trial asked of me by my doctor, but if the tiredness doesnt improve, I will discontinue the use.
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Reviewer: Kitty , Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I'm an adult and my doctor gave me this for adhd. Unfortunately, I was already on high blood pressure medicine. So my blood pressure was super low, needless to say, and it did not help my ADHD except to put me to sleep.

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I'm an adult and my doctor gave me this for adhd. Unfortunately, I was already on high blood pressure medicine. So my blood pressure was super low, needless to say, and it did not help my ADHD except to put me to sleep.
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