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Name: elaine

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hi i have a 15 year old son who is adhd and on concerta when he first started medication it work brilliantly,but now after about eight/nine month there is no eefect,we have tried extra dosage to no avail,he swears, breaks things in the house and gets very aggressive towards use. once he comes out of his rage its as though nothing has happened its not fair on his brothers to after see this type of behaver, me and his dad are there for him but he just get abbussive and lashes out at us any idea where we are going wrong we are worn out ↓

Name: J | Date: Sep 12th, 2007 12:18 AM

sounds like OCD. Concerta is no good for OCD, if that is what your son has. Your doc might try something like focalin or depakote. ↑

Name: Michelle | Date: Sep 13th, 2007 1:48 AM

For next time, I would suggest that you visit the Food and Drug Adminstration website before giving any drugs. It is very normal for side effects to show up a long time after he is on the drugs. The behavior that you described is written right there as one of the many side affects. He has healthy brain cells in the beginning. When behavior modification drugs kill or damage enough brain cells, the behavior (ie side effects) starts to florish. It is all on the Food and Drug Administration website. Changing to another drug with different side affects would make life much easier for you. ↑

Name: Cath | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 5:07 PM

Dear Elaine
I know how you feel, my son is eight he acts exactly the same as your son. I want to know if there is some kind of intensive anger management course out there we can put our kids into so they can learn how to manage there anger better. ↑