"my 8 year old son was diagnosed with adhd nearly 1 year ago. we tried 4 different medications - 2 gave him side effects of not being able to sleep and a high anxiety.  2 did nothing for him.  then we tried metadate cd. we started with 10 mg, which didn&#039;t really do anything. 20mg was better, but still some issues in the attention area.  we are now at 30 mg, and it&#039;s great. his teacher has also said that school is much better. he makes sense in his answers, he&#039;s not blurting out or disrupting the class.  we give it to him at 6:45 am, and can get through a bit of homework until 5:30pm.  then it&#039;s worn off. i think that&#039;s a great amount of time and no side effects of lack of sleep, lack of appetite, or mood/anxiety issues.  i hope it continues."