Reviewer: Hopeful Mom, 13-18 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)

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My 15-year-old daughter has ADD without hyperactivity. She was a D student prior to taking Focalin XR 20mg, which she has now taken for a year and a half. Now she has almost all A's, organizes her work better, and is much happier. She also takes Neurontin (Gabapentin) which helps with the anxiety side effect. The only downside is her lack of appetite for half the day. Then she's ravenous the ... Show Full Comment

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My 15-year-old daughter has ADD without hyperactivity. She was a D student prior to taking Focalin XR 20mg, which she has now taken for a year and a half. Now she has almost all A's, organizes her work better, and is much happier. She also takes Neurontin (Gabapentin) which helps with the anxiety side effect. The only downside is her lack of appetite for half the day. Then she's ravenous the rest of the day. This medication has kept her from flunking out of school.
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Reviewer: rooster's mom, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)

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Does great until it wears off then my son get really active just before going to bed and has a hard time going to sleep.

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Does great until it wears off then my son get really active just before going to bed and has a hard time going to sleep.
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Reviewer: on Treatment for 1 to 6 months

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My seven year old son has been taking Focalin xr for about 3-4 months now. He doesn't have any of the side effects like he had on other medications. although, it doesn't last as long as it is supposed to , we increased it by 2.5mg. and he seems to be doing just fine in school and when he gets home we can do his homework in no time at all.l

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My seven year old son has been taking Focalin xr for about 3-4 months now. He doesn't have any of the side effects like he had on other medications. although, it doesn't last as long as it is supposed to , we increased it by 2.5mg. and he seems to be doing just fine in school and when he gets home we can do his homework in no time at all.l
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)

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We have found this to work well for my 8 year old grandson. Problem he is having is headaches. We give him Jr. Strength Tylenol and it seems to help within 30 minutes or so. No other symptoms at this time...but it has not been two weeks since starting.

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We have found this to work well for my 8 year old grandson. Problem he is having is headaches. We give him Jr. Strength Tylenol and it seems to help within 30 minutes or so. No other symptoms at this time...but it has not been two weeks since starting.
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After trying several different drugs for my daughter, this was the one that worked perfectly with none of the other side effects we experienced i.e, sleeplessness, eating dysfunction. She has been an honor roll student since being able to focus.

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After trying several different drugs for my daughter, this was the one that worked perfectly with none of the other side effects we experienced i.e, sleeplessness, eating dysfunction. She has been an honor roll student since being able to focus.
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