"my 9-year-old takes focalin xr during the school day and focalin for a kick up at night for extra-curriculars.

for us, its been great. he had been on adderall but became negative, dramatic and started threatening self-harm. when you hide knives from your 6-year-old, its a problem! 

he&#039;s in the gifted program now but has always been a good student. all conversations with teachers started out &quot;he&#039;s so smart but...&quot; we don&#039;t hear the &quot;but&quot; anymore.

we just started taking him off the meds more. which can drive us crazy but we noticed that he was always on the taller side. now he&#039;s one of the shorter kids and he&#039;s underweight. he doesn&#039;t eat while medicated so we&#039;re hoping he&#039;ll grow more if we take a break."