The ADHD Patch
Caleb had his doctor’s appointment last Thursday. It went so/so. The doctor gave me some information about this fairly new patch that they have come out with. The patch will be worn on Caleb’s hip for 9 hours a day (basically the whole time he is up & in school) but the medicine will be in his system for 12 hours (sigh).
I’m really hoping that this new form of medication will help my son without all the nasty side effects of the past medicines! He isn’t able to start the patch until Wednesday because the pharmacist had to special order it because they don’t have enough of a demand for them to keep it in stock.
After a month the doctor wants to see Caleb and I back to evalueate his progress and see how things I’m going. Maybe this time around will be the answer we’ve been waiting for! It breaks my heart putting him back on medicine but I know he needs it!




1Amy
wrote on 1 November 2006 at 8:43
How is the patch going? We are trying it and it’s making me nuts! We can’t get the backing to seperate easily. Any advice? Amy