My son has been taking this medicine for about a year now for his ADHD. He is almost 6 now. The doctors couldn't give him a stimulant because he also has a mild form of Tourette's and a stimulant would bring out his ticks. So now after a year of use, I have noticed a HUGE change in my son. He is more calm and reasonable regarding situations which he use to not have any patience for. And it's not t...
Bootsie | 35-44 | Female | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Caregiver
7/15/2008
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
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My 10 year old daughter was prescribed this drug for Tourettes Disorder and ADHD, last year. She too was very sleepy and groggy during school but soon she became used to the medication. Her tics almost vanished! Her ADHD calmed way down during the day so she could study during school. I give this medication a shiny star and A+. Over the summer my daughter wanted to ween her self off her meds. We tried. Her tics came back. Her ADHD was back with a vengeance so she decided she wanted her medication; the tension in her body was too much for her to handle. This medication is great for Tourettes!!Read More Read Less
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Anonymous | 3-6 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Caregiver
7/10/2008
Condition: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Overall rating 1.7
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my 3 year old son has autism spectrum disorder and was diagnosed with ADHD as well. When first starting this medication it made him slow and sleepy for the first couple days. Then after about a month his aggressive behaviors and outburst started back up. We increased the dosage and he did the slow and sleepy for a couple days and after a week his behaviors came back. Im now weining him off to try a new medicine, risperdal. We have tried clonodine and mythelin- which did not work for us either.
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wcwudz | 7-12 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Caregiver
3/15/2008
Condition: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Overall rating 3.3
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Seems to work similar to clonidine.
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Anonymous |
12/29/2007
Condition: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Overall rating 5.0
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It works very well.
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[email protected] | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
12/20/2007
Condition: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Overall rating 1.0
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will this med cause you to be more hyper?and have a mortor mouth
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caddy_07 | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Caregiver
10/9/2007
Condition: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Overall rating 4.7
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He seems less iritable on this medication.
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kmitchell99 | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/4/2007
Condition: High Blood Pressure
Overall rating 1.3
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This medicine gave me very bad side effects, including severe paranoia.
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