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legal for refills on a CIIIscript but not for CII scripts. Hoever you do need to have the hard copy with you when you pick up.. If it is called in the doctor's office needs to send the hard copy within a certain amount of time to the pharmacy.

I live in Mississippi and I'm going to check out this DEA site you posted for me.  I really appreciate it.  I just think that the strict structure my son's doc is following a little overbored considering he's taking the lowest possible dosage of his ADHD medication.  He's 6 and obviously not a drug seeker.  Uhg!

I love my children very much.  I have three children and I am problaby the closest to my son who is ADHD.  My son has severe ADHD.  I am not just feeding him meds for the hell of it.  We are also actively involved in behaivor managemnet, etc.  However, I want what is best for my child.  He is in no way a zombie or numb.  If your children had that effect, then they were not on the right medications.  The medication he is on is an instant release medication that is prescribed ONLY to help him be able to function in a classroom.  The medication only works for roughly 4 hours.  It's not an extended release, all day long thing.

His attention span is roughly 1 second without his medication, through no fault of his own.  He went from failing school and constantly having behaivor issues because he just simply can not sit still to making straight A's and becoming student of the month, all following placing him on the mildest possible medication regime. 

You certainly should not judge me.  I am not a lazy parent who does not want my child to act like a child so I don't have to deal with it and it really is upsetting to me that anyone who DOES NOT KNOW ME would even suggest that I'm medicating him so he won't drive me crazy.  That is not who I am.  I medicated him to help him succeed and stop failing for no fault of his own.  If my child had any other disorder, you would not question why I'm treating him for it so why question me now?

My child also has severe tics, which his ADHD medication also helps to calm down.  What would you suggest that I tell him?  "I'm sorry that the other children are constantly making fun of you for something that I really could help you with and I'm sorry that you are failing in school, eventhough I know you are very smart, but you'll just have to suck it up baby and deal with it because I don't think you "need" medications for it.  You really should just suffer your entire life until you can figure out how to cure youself.?  How's that sound?  How do you define "need"?

Yes, you successfully hit a big ole nerve with me!! 

i wasn't judgeing you.. i was ceriouse to see what your opoinen was. sorry if you took it the wrong way

Yes your son is probably not a drug seeker at 6 years old but there is nothing stopping you from diverting his meds anyway. And he is six years old of course he is going to be on the lowest dose.

Just to clarify a bit...the law in your state may still forbid the new changes enacted by the federal government.  In my state I am having mixed results with with writing three scripts for a single C-II drug, but must admit I do not know if it is because my state law has not changed in order to conform with the federal law, or if the pharmacists are not all up to speed yet.  It is also up to the individual physician's discretion whether or not to give more than one month at a time.   

Bruce,

I fully agree with Dr. Lois.  I think having him tested will give you some clear answers.  If you don't want the school to have a record of what all is said during testing, then don't sign the release that allows the doc to send the report to the school.  That is exactly what I did.  I had no issues with my child's teacher knowing he was testing or knowing his diagnosis, but I just did not feel she should be privy to the inner workings of my childs brain unless necessary.

The testing will benefit you in many ways.  Fist of all, you may be able to gain from the test a better understanding of your son and what discipline techniques would work best for your son.  Secondly, if he does not have ADHD/ADD or another development issue, then you can get the teacher to back off.  I would like to also say that, even if he has ADHD/ADD, that does not mean that you HAVE to place him on medication right now necessarily.  He may have it to such a mild degree that behaivor modification is all that is needed or he may need medication and behaivor modification.  You will just be much better equiped to make the decisions you need to make, following testing.

Thank you for your kind words and I will be praying for you and your son as well!

Living With Pain

you will be in my prayers.  my son, before he died, had severe adhd.  after finally giving in to teachers daily badgering of me, i did decide to put him on adderall, which worked when he would take it and not put the pill under the mattress....  very very long story; however, what worked just as well (had we stuck with it) was the feingold diet.  however, it is a lot of work, but the results were great, we just got lazy.  it is definately worth checking out.  good luck!!!  oh, and remember, try to stay positive when dealing with him, for me any way, i found if i concentrated on positive reinforcement instead of nagging at him, the results were typically better.  i just had to learn to control myself, my anger, and find some patience.  i truly wish you the best.