I had to take her off her stimulant medicine because it was causing a rapid heart beat in her. The doctor said she comes off or has to be monitored by a cardiologist. The medicine also caused a long qt interval that went away but now we got a fast heart beat.

I am trying not to blame my daughter but I guess I do to some extent. I don't understand the flat out refusal to do something asked of you. They say she ADHD under FASD. AT home, she has the same attitude, if she doesn't want to do what is asked of her she mouths off. The medicine was helping her keep it in control at school but we still had issues at home. We had been counseling also.

As I'm getting more used to this whole change now, I am thinking that I won't tell her the reason. She is a child and doesn't need to carry any blame on her. I don't want to keep my son there because she will wonder why can't I stay, then I would have to say. I think I am going to tell them we decided to try a change and see how it goes, if we don't like it, we can always go back, but you don't know unless you try. That is message I want to send to them. You have to try different things.

The doctor still wants me to continue with the Kapvay until she is up to her right dosage and we can see if it is working or not.

In the meantime, I realize that we need to work on how she handles frustration and I have contacted a counselor to begin again.