Medicine - 1

It's been a few days.  A few weeks ago we had put Jake on Adderall.  It had minimal, if any effect and, although our pediatrician told us this was not the case, it almost seemed to us as if he had gotten worse.  However, the dosage was at the minimum level, so we increased it to the next miligram dosage.  For the last couple days, from soon after he takes the medicine in the morning until about 8 in the evening, he is golden.  He still has a breakdown here or there, and there are still a number of behavioural issues we have to address and focus on.  However, because the hyperactivity and tunnel vision have been seriously diminished by the medicine, it is much easier to focus on these lingering issues.

For now, we are looking forward to our parents' meeting this coming Tuesday evening.  Much more to be said then, I am sure.  I've included, meanwhile, two links I have found related to this post.  One, from Yale Medical, is a little old (4 years), but pertinent to how ADHD and Autism may be medicated similarly; the other is on Adderall, the medicine Jake is on right now, from WebMD.  My wife and I want to use the medicine as sparingly as possible and focus on the behavioural.  The medicine, we think, should be just the first step, not the end result.  This is why we are going to the meeting this coming Tuesday.