Med formulation change
My 6 year old has been medicated for a year now with good results. He has been taking the Adderall XR 15mg. We experience stock issues from time to time, and did so the last time we had to refill, so the pharmacy asked if we wanted to talk to the doctor about switching to IR, as for some reason they dont have as many stock issues.
We started the IR (10mg) on Easter Sunday, and we only did the first (AM) dose. Seemed to do well. I wrote an email to his teacher, informing her of the med change, and to ask her to keep an eye out on whether or not they notice a difference. Today I get an email from them saying he had more difficulties with math and writing this week. At first, I assumed it was because he wasnt getting a second dose at lunch as is typical with IR, and figured the AM dose cleared out by then.
However, my son told me that reading and writing were *before* lunch. Lunch is at 12:30, so the meds would only have been in his system for 3/3.5 hours at that point. I need to confirm with the teacher tomorrow as he sometimes gets the schedule mixed up, but is it possible to need a second dose after only 3ish hours? Or is it more likely the IR just doesnt work for him?