Is this a side effect that will go away? If it is give the med. a few weeks to start really working, and if he does not seem to eatiing bring it up again, and do not give up, in the meantime does he likes shakes.maybe get some of those health shakes with nutrients and see if he will drink those, you also might try just offering him small servings of his fav. food and instead of three meals a day have him eat 5 or 6 small meals a day, it is hard and some docters do not understand, I my daughter was on a med that caused her to have tremors really bad,and it was really effecting her ability to write and cut and do things, the docter told asked me what I wanted a child who could focus or one that could not pay attetnion, we went to another docter and he took her off it, as I said give it a little bit of time to kick in and then go from there, good luck,

My son too, has AS and ADHD (age 7). He's not on the patch, but is very thin. He continues to grow tall but, no weight gain. It's very frustrating. Our son has sensory issues and what we discovered it was the texture of the foods that turned him off. We really began to talk to him about the foods and ask him "why" he didn't like them. When he explained it to us, we were able to work around it. However, I still give him a daily vitamin with omega 3's to help with focus and we also make a shake for him. I don't make it with milk, I make it with ice cream because he doesn't like the granular texture of the powder in the milk. But, he can't tell with the ice cream, plus he gets the added calories of having both milk and ice cream in it. Yay! (He finally gained 2 lbs - I can't tell you how excited I was...it's the first 2 lbs since K). I know that sounds silly, but anything with a little fat which he eats is wonderful to me. He basically likes food in their basic forms. Nothing fancy - steamed, broiled, or boiled, even mac & cheese is too strong. I have to use about half the package of cheese because it's too much cheese taste. He began to eat more for us when we discussed this with him and talked about how important food is to our bodies. It's the gas for our cars. It creates energy for our systems.

Hope this little tidbit helps. Hang in there. It's taken us a while to figure it out for our son. Our doctors also told us he was doing fine.

Thanks for the response! You are right, it's a sensory issue also! Prior to the meds he didn't eat much, and now, much less. His favorite foods are almost nothing. Little by little, he eliminates things that he used to eat. He loved straberies, now he said he doesn't like those little black things ! How do you make your shake. I will also try the vitamin with the omega 3's. Thanks so much :))

I have a paperback book called *Feed Me, I'm Yours!*. It's for babies, but it has lots of kid-friendly foods that kids are likely to eat, made with healthy ingredients. The kids don't realize they're getting nutrients in the delicious foods you give them!

My son was the same way. Never really ate much and has slowly began to eliminate foods he used to eat because of texture. He fights eating every night. But, he will eat.

I buy the big container of Carnation Instant Breakfast mix. I place about 2-3 scoops of ice cream (I don't have a large scooper), the mix, and enough mix to get the right consistency. I give it to my son as a bedtime snack and then have him brush his teeth. He's not much of a breakfast person. But, just in the last week or two, he's suddenly liking french toast and continuing to drink this. So, it helps knowing he's getting something good into his system for school.

School lunches are another story, plain bread with a few meat slices, graham crackers, tortilla chips and chocolate milk. Same thing every day just about. Fruit is is downfall. But, he will eat a few types.

I found a great book called "Deceptively Delicious" By Jessica Seinfield - Jerry Seinfield's wife. It's about steaming and pureeing veggies and such and putting them in your everyday meals so your children get the nutrition they need. They don't taste it but, they get the benefits of it. But, I also feel as she mentions that a Mom should put the veggies still on the plate so they get used to them. But, for out picky eaters, it is another way to help. I thought I would pass this on to you as well. I saw this on Oprah and had to buy the book. I've tried a few recipes (like brownies) and my son couldn't tell the difference.