ADHD
"My 9-year-old takes Focalin XR during the school day and Focalin for a kick up at night for extra-curriculars.

For us, its been great. He had been on Adderall but became negative, dramatic and started threatening self-harm. When you hide knives from your 6-year-old, its a problem! 

He&#039;s in the gifted program now but has always been a good student. All conversations with teachers started out &quot;He&#039;s so smart but...&quot; We don&#039;t hear the &quot;but&quot; anymore.

We just started taking him off the meds more. Which can drive us crazy but we noticed that he was always on the taller side. Now he&#039;s one of the shorter kids and he&#039;s underweight. He doesn&#039;t eat while medicated so we&#039;re hoping he&#039;ll grow more if we take a break."