My 4year old grandson has been on 20mg adderall Xr for aprox 2 mo...

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Posted at 9:37 AM on Apr 27, 2007 by pgdg4049, #21298

My 4year old grandson has been on 20mg adderall Xr for aprox 2 months .. It has helped with his hyperness but soon after taking the drug he becomes emotionl and completely beligerant. He acts out and screams at you. This goes on for hours. Ive discussed this with doctor and he wants to up the dose.. Almost afraid to. Dont want to think that grandson could get anymore beligerant. He was hyper before the meds not beligerant. Where can I go to find more on this.?

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Reply over 2 years ago on Oct 05, 2007 by cookiecndy, #2249

This same thing happened to my nephew..... also he had crying spells for no reason. When the doc wanted to up the dose, my brother-in-law said no way! My brother-in-law is in medicine and he knew the dangers of amphetamines so taking higher doses was out of the question as far as he was concerned.

He decided to try other means for my nephews' school problems and tutoring turned out to be the answer...expensive yes, but so were the doctor visits and pills!

Without the drugs, he is back to his old sweet personality!

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