"my son was diagnosed adhd in 4th grade, he&#039;s now in 7th. since that time we&#039;ve tried many medications. we finally settled on metadate, and it worked great, but we kept having to up the dosage, until he&#039;s now on 60mg. the doctor recommended adding intuniv to the metadate. he was cranky and irritable the first week, but now at week 3 and 2mg dosage, the crankiness seems to be getting better. what i have seen with intuniv is that he&#039;s very difficult to get up in the mornings. but on a good note, if i miss the metadate medication, his behavior is still pretty good. he&#039;s not bouncing all over the house. when he&#039;s on both the medications, he&#039;s doing really good. i do have hopes to eventually get him off the stimulant all together."