Concerta Immune/tolerance Build-up (Page 3)

My son, who is 8, started 18mg Concerta a couple of weeks ago for ADHD. The first couple of days it was wonderful. He was generally happier, his concentration was excellent. He did talk a mile a minute and had trouble falling asleep at night. Both my husband and I were amazed at how well it worked. But the effect has been steadily becoming less and less by the day. It's been 2 weeks now and he's very much like how he was (impulsive, no concentration, doesn't listen etc) even while on medication. Has anyone else experienced this and if we up the dosage now, how many more times and how often would we have to up it???

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My son who is 11 at 86lbs was put on 117 mg which we were recently told by his teachers that it seems to be slowing down his executive processing and he is becoming oppositional. The doctor a neuro lowered him to 108mg and his processing is getting worse. I think she od'd him and she won't call me back!

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Actually if you wanna know methamphetamine is in concert. I take 36mg of concrete every day. When I went to take a drug panel at applebees (an hour after I took my concert) my results came back positive for methamphetamine. So maybe you should do some research on the drug its self. Plus on the medicine bottle it says in capital letters...METHYLPHENIDATE ER. And no i do not do drugs incase you were wondering.

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I know this is an old post, but I wanted to commend you for your observation about generic Concerta. We had the same problem when CVS suddenly changed to a generic brand that was worthless. I found that Walgreens offered the Watson-lab generic - it is exactly like the brand-name version. Sad to think that if we had started on the poorly manufactured generic version, we would have NEVER know that Concerta was the proper medication for us. We have now been successfully on Concerta for 4 years, have slowly increased the dosage along the way, and have now most likely developed a resistance to it. So sad. It was perfect for my son. He is now 12 and we are trying other medications with no success - and lots of unwanted side effects. Now that a couple years have passed since your post, did you find that to be true, that your child developed a resistance? If so, how did your doctor handle the resistance?

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So I was diagnosed with ADD 2 days ago and was put on 18 mg of Concerta. Yesterday I took it and did not feel anything all day. I may have felt a little less hungry but that was it. I did not feel concentrated. Do you guys recommend I try two 18 mg pills to see if that works?

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