Sooze2 Report post Posted July 23, 2009 DS has been on Concerta XL (18mg) since February, it has worked wonders on his hyper bahaviour and he is better behaved and generally easier to live with - I didn't realise how bad the effect he was having on us all was until then! Anyway, the consultant said we will trial it because it can be complicated getting medication right when they have a dual diagnosis of adhd/asd because when the adhd symptoms are controlled the child's ASD can come to the fore because they were masked by the ADHD symptoms before. I think this is what is happening now. He is now loving towards me which I am finding very strange and have forgotten how to react to this because he has hated me for quite a few years. This is a shame, after school comes straight up and he leans into me and one day I was telling him to stop leaning on me and my freind said "he wants a hug!" I really didn't realise this because before he would just come out of school and hit me so I avoided any touch from him at all because it would usually hurt! He seems more questioning and more observing every tiny minute thing. Constantly asks me repeat everything - told him I'm going to get his ears checked again today! He is starting to spend half an hour cleaning teeth and washing hands before bed again. Started spending an hour in the loo after bed time - again. Is humming a lot again AND the most annoying thing is once he has got something in his head he totally can't let go of it, the other day I bought him some figures for his castle and he asked me every 2 seconds if he could have them, I wanted him to wait till the holidays started and I rarely give in but this was so extremely excessive that I had to give them to him because he was driving us all mad. Today I bought some sweets and said they could have a few after tea, he went on and on and on for over an hour then was saying is it teas time over and over - his younger sisters didn't even mention it because I'd said after tea and they knew that was that - he drove me totally up the wall! He is also constantly questioning what is on TV, when a program is on he needs constant explanations about what they are talking about. Actually now I am writing this down he is actually starting to act more like he was before he started the Concerta, apart from the hugging bit. May give the consultant a call. Does anyone else have any experiance of this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enid Report post Posted July 23, 2009 OHHHH YES!!!!!! my son was on a very small dose of ritalin and was then put on concerta, it was like he became autisic overnight, he was obsessive and developed bedtime rituals, I posted loads about it if you want to look, he then started to have very strange episodes, of what can only be described as psychotic episodes, not time to post more at the mo, but pm if you want. things are much better now. Enid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekster Report post Posted November 15, 2009 i found the benzoate in my meds was turning me into a monster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites