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What Causes Excessive Crying And Irritability After Taking Adderall?
My son was put on Adderall XR 5 mg capsules without my knowledge. My son spends half of the time with me and half with his mom. I started noticing serious behavior changes in my son for about the last 3 months. He was crying a lot, he appeared anxious and irritable and became extremely mean to his younger brother. During my parenting time with my son I was called by school because he was vomiting. He told me that his learning medicine had been put in his cereal and it made him sick. My son s medication is not administered by the school but by his mom in the morning. I thought he was talking about the multivitamin that I know he takes. I phoned his doctor only to find out he has been on Adderall for the past few months. I have my son for 4 days in a row every other week and two days over night every week. During my parenting time my son was never given Adderall. Since I have now obtained the doctors records I now know that there is a correlation between when he started Adderall and when I saw the change in my son s behavior. My son s mom also lied about the family dynamic stating that she lives alone with my sons 7 days a week. I have my boys half the time and their mom lives with her dad and uncle during her parenting time. Please advise.
Mon, 22 May 2017
Hi sir,
Welcome to health care magic,
I can certainly understand your concern about your son's behaviour. First of all from the details provided by you I would be able to notice that there is some disruption in your family dynamics that your son is staying with you half of the days and with his mom the remaining half in the week. Being a psychiatrist, I can tell you that this could one of the reason for his behaviour and hid ADHD symptoms, for which the doctor would hav prescribed Aderall
I would like to know some deetails about the drug dosage and timing , as this is an actually brain stimulant (amphetamine),which may activate your child, interrupts his sleep when he takes before bed .
if you find a drastic change in his behaviour, you can switch to Other Drugs which are both safe and effective ,I can suggest you non- stimulant drugs like atomoxetine or clonidine.
I can also suggest you some behavioural therapy, if your son is having only mild symptoms so please provide the details about his hyper activity behaviour, inattention in class, not waiting till his turn etc, so that I will be able to help you, you can also consult your psychiatrist for further information
please post your further questions if any
thank you
Welcome to health care magic,
I can certainly understand your concern about your son's behaviour. First of all from the details provided by you I would be able to notice that there is some disruption in your family dynamics that your son is staying with you half of the days and with his mom the remaining half in the week. Being a psychiatrist, I can tell you that this could one of the reason for his behaviour and hid ADHD symptoms, for which the doctor would hav prescribed Aderall
I would like to know some deetails about the drug dosage and timing , as this is an actually brain stimulant (amphetamine),which may activate your child, interrupts his sleep when he takes before bed .
if you find a drastic change in his behaviour, you can switch to Other Drugs which are both safe and effective ,I can suggest you non- stimulant drugs like atomoxetine or clonidine.
I can also suggest you some behavioural therapy, if your son is having only mild symptoms so please provide the details about his hyper activity behaviour, inattention in class, not waiting till his turn etc, so that I will be able to help you, you can also consult your psychiatrist for further information
please post your further questions if any
thank you
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