Intuniv Er And Sleepy (Page 5)

Hello there,
My son has been on Intuniv ER 1mg for four days. The Dr says give it time, but how much time he didnt say. My son takes it at 8am, and at 2pm each day he is tired. after a nap, still tired for the rest of the day. Anyone know how long this might last?
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Take it at night and it takes about 6 weeks to adjust

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My son took intuniv at 8 pm last night and we made a mistake and took intuniv again this morning at 7 am he was supposed to take the concerts at 7 am . Should I worry , because I am .

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Well now we have changed meds! Now it is guanfacine not er. He takes 0.5mg at night to help him sleep (focus enough on sleep to sleep!) and 0.5mg in the morning to help him get through school. It's been a long journey to reach this place. We discovered he was over medicated on 2mg and 1.5mg dosing. His parlour was white and he just wasn't a happy kid he was so sedated. This much reduced med sees color in his cheeks and you can see he's all there. Much happier since changing down the dosage. Not a tantrum or meltdown either since doing this and telling the school no homework. That's a huge difference no homework.

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has this ever happened to anyone... I am worried, just want to know if he will be okay, or should I tell his doctor.

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Re: marisa (# 12)

My daughter is on intuniv 1 mg takes in morning. She is doing great up until about 1:30 2ish pm and then she gets tired and goes to sleep in class when teachers try to wake her she becomes very irritable. Is similar to what your son experienced?

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I started at 1mg for 7 days was sleepy and it went away. Last night was my night to up the dose to 2mg, I had to see my primary doctor because I'm sick so they took my blood pressure and it was 91/63. I called my. Doctor and he said to stop taking, but acted like he didn't know why. Obviously it's a blood pressure medicine. This is my 4 medicine for adhd. I don't so well with stimulants.

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