My son was diagnosed with ADHD impulsive/ODD recently. Teacher was seeing defiance, (us too but not as bad), difficulty not touching others, staying seated etc. jumps and flails his arms about most of the day. Just quite hyper. We were prescribed methylphenidate LA 10mg? Last week. Did a trial last Saturday so I could watch how he responded. It was like night and day. He seemed so much more at peace and actually enjoyed playing with his toys, etc. rough evening in a sense but more so just similar to his baseline.
Second day on meds and first school day on meds. Took it in the morning, had an incredible day per his reached, all green on his chart. Got an award for participation and focusing during this one activity.
Tuesday and Wednesday I noticed he had a little trouble but overall well.
Thursday teacher noted he was running around class several times and wanting to touch others. Today, Friday, was just god awful for him top to bottom. We didn’t even get a behavior chart back, I assume it was just all bad.
Just overall kind of confused since it seemed to be a miracle for 2 days and now it’s seemingly not helpful at all. Is this a sign of wrong med, or sound like wrong dose? We did contact his doctor to discuss and she said she’d book us back next week if the issue persists so we can reevaluate but just wondering other parents thoughts/experiences.
Notes: Still eating full breakfast, not a lot at lunch but is eating more dinner than he ever has before and snacking after school. Taking a little longer to fall asleep. Between falling asleep later and naturally waking earlier, I’d say we’re down an hour of sleep per day than his pre-med amount.