Parents of Children with ADHD Support Group
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My 12 year old son has been on Vyvanse for ADHD for about 4 months. He was on Concerta prior to that. And has been on some sort of medication since he was 6 years old. He also just started Prozac for OCD. Right now he is on Medicaid for his medical insurance and it covers his medications 100% but we are going to be losing his insurance soon because we no longer qualify. My husband can add him to his insurance but we don't have a prescription plan and we would have to pay out of pocket for his meds. I am so scared for my son, but at the same time I am wondering it the is time to take advantage of the situation and take him off the meds and start working with him in other ways. He will no longer be able to see his therapist either so I am a little nervous about that. I am wondering if any of you had experience weaning your child off medications and what how it went for you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We also started him on liquid Ascenta fish oil with vitamin D. We had him on the fish oil immediately as well, but just found a liquid fish oil WITH vitamin D. We've added that in June. Otherwise, he has been on the On Task vitamins and regular liquid Ascenta fish oil since February. We also started to include Emergen-C powder packs for his water every morning that include lots of vitamin C to detox the meds and B vitamins for focus.
On the weekends we give him the multi-vitamin emergen-c powder pack for kids. I do this so that we make sure not to give him an excess of vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E or B6 that he takes regularly during the week.
All of the above things are excellent for nourishing the brain and detoxing the body. We are now seeing incredible differences in his behavior and focus now that he's been on the above for four months. Prior to that, we saw small changes. The changes now are becoming more and more substantially significant.
Hope this helps. Oh and you can purchase the Ascenta 16 oz bottle of fish oil with vitamin D on vitacost for significantly cheaper than the stores. You can also purchase the Emergen-C powder packs on vitacost as well for a significantly cheaper price. The On Task Vitamins you have to order directly from ontasknaturally.com.
:) Summertime is the best time to start making these changes. Hope this helps!