<p>My D and S both take Adderall XR in different strengths. My S is a typical boy with ADHD, has all the symptoms:hyperacticvity has a very hard time focusing attention and staying on task. My D, on the other hand is more like a typical girl with ADD, doesn’t have the hyperactivity ,but has the inattention and difficulty maintaining focus. She decided that she would continue with the medication and has now completed her second year of college.
My main concern with her is that she pulled several all nighters the last week of classes and then had some negative repercussions ie. oversleeping and missing class which she had never done. I’m not sure that she would have been able to do the all-nighters w/o the meds. Its a dilemma as a parent- letting your young adult child with ADHD make decisions on medications and then watching what can happen if meds are taken on a different schedule.</p>