KedZer - let me give you something to think about. I was diagnosed with ADD in my mid 40s. I have an 8 year old son who was diagnosed early on and who began medication at age 4.
Initially I had good results on Adderal but then I had a terrible experience which I later learned is not uncommon - I was taking Adderal and an anti-depressant and the combination sent me into a manic state. It was a disaster with devastating consequences.
My son has been on aa couple of different medications - most recently Vyvanse. But with Vyvanse the sideeffects were severe - insomnia and tantrums.
Over the past couple of years I have read a good bit on a web site by George Eby (
www.georgeeby.com). He is a strong advocate of magnesium - specifically magneseum taurate or magnesium glycinate. I have been using magnesium for some time for myself and my problems with ADD have significantly improved. I put my son on magnesium taurate 3 weeks ago and he is sleeping very well, and his hyper activity has calmed noticably. When he "hypes" up I give him an extra dose and the calmness (relative) is not far away.
Only time will truly tell but the difference is unbelieveable - definitely worth a try. The vyvanse was $5 per pill, the magnesium less than $.10 per tablet for 2 to 4 tablets per day - that is under 1/10th the cost and NO side effects.