Well, it doesn't appear to be working. If anything, it's making her more agitated & nervous. Her poor teacher didn't know she was on the new med this morning until around 10:00. She wrote a note about her being agitated & nervous and that they had quite a struggle.
UGH!
We tried Focalin XR a few months back - made her bounce off the walls. The Methalyn she's been on for the majority of the time works ok - but her teacher says she's very hyper in the mornings. But she's fine in the afternoons. She would take her 1st dose of that at 7:00 - then the 2nd around 11:20 (right after she ate her lunch). Teacher said it was night & day between her mornings & afternoons.
When I read DH the teachers note (over the phone), he was really aggrevated. He can't understand why the doc would switch the med.
We're also frustrated with the fact that w/my resent job loss - and ins. coverage. We are losing the good Rx coverage. So, we have no clue what her meds will cost. If this Guanfacine would work right, it would only be $4! But the Methalyn was a Tier 3 med on my ins. - so who knows what it would cost w/out a co-pay. (We are going under DH's plan - but it's the HRA type - & doesn't have the co-pays.)
I'm so tired of going round & round w/this medication stuff. I just want to find the thing that WORKS for her!!!
Her ODD has been coming out a lot lately too. I am wondering if it's the stress of my recent lay-off. We will be ok - and I'm taking the rest of '09 off before pounding the pavement. I thought not being so rushed in the mornings would be helpful - but she's still being argumentive.
Right now, (4:00) she's already in her pj's (her habit as soon as she gets home) and covered up on the couch. She says she's so cold. But she doesn't feel the least bit feverish.
CALGON...TAKE ME AWAY!!!
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and praying 
