Kapvay and Anger: What Users Say

• hmu...
• April 16, 2011

For ADHD "My 7-year-old son has severe ADHD, ODD, and anxiety. We started him on Vyvanse 20mg, Depakote twice a day, and Kapvay 0.1 in the evening last week. We were worried because he talked SO much like he was on speed and ran around the house looking for paper, books, pens to write with, and never sat still, but he was very pleasant when we started the Vyvanse. However, he was always saying 'I'm sorry' for blurting, 'please,' and 'thank you,' which was unheard of before starting the Vyvanse. We were noticing around 4:00 pm the Vyvanse wearing off and the aggression and whining came back with a vengeance! We added another 0.1 mg Kapvay after school with his Depakote, and the result was AMAZING. He is pleasant ALL day long."

• Ram...
• April 4, 2011

For ADHD "My 8-year-old son has been on various stimulants, in addition to regular clonidine, Intuniv, Risperdal, Seroquel, Strattera, and Abilify. My son is extremely impulsive and aggressive towards our family on a daily basis, and I had been thinking that nothing would help our son. Our new psychiatrist recommended Kapvay, and we were very skeptical, as our son was irritable and even more aggressive with regular clonidine. With Kapvay, there has been a SIGNIFICANT decrease in our son's aggressiveness. He is still very obsessive, rude, and verbally defiant. So physically, we rate Kapvay a TEN in decreasing aggression, but we only rated it a seven due to other factors. It is the ONLY medicine that has helped reduce physical aggression for our son."

• Mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 6, 2017

For ADHD "My son has used various stimulants for 5 years. Still struggling because of impulsivity and super high metabolism, the doctors wanted to add non-stimulants. We started with Intuniv, which dropped his blood pressure way too low (75/43), so we stopped after 2 weeks. Tried Clonidine IR, and it worked GREAT the first 2 days, then fine (not great, just fine). The doctor changed to Kapvay for long-acting effects, but we stopped after 2 weeks because he got awful insomnia (took 2-3 hours to fall asleep instead of his usual 15 minutes). Last night, we went back to Clonidine IR - he fell asleep quickly and slept great! I give Kapvay a 2 because it decreased his impulsivity a bit, but the insomnia was awful, he got more aggressive/emotional, and really affected him negatively."