Vyvanse no longer working and causing undesirable side effects for 9yr old.

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Vyvanse no longer working and causing undesirable side effects. Looking for alternatives?

Hi, my 9 year old daughter has been on Vyvanse for 2 years. It worked very well for a long time with minimal side effects. She is on 60mg. She has severe ADHD innatentive and also has food foraging behavior. Additionally the Vyvanse helps her remember to use the bathroom. My daughter also has learning disorders and short term memory problems. Lately she has become very irritable and moody. Sometimes stomping her feet and can become defiant. This is very uncharacteristic behavior. She is nornally a sweet angel and so kind. She often says to me that she doesn’t know why she is acting like this. She has also been pulling out her eyebrows and eyelashes.

Most recently she has developed eczema on her eyelids and in between her elbows. She never had any skin issues before and nothing has changed in her environment. Finally her sleep patterns have gone haywire. This child used to sleep like a log and it was like waking a hibernating bear in the morning, Now she is getting uo in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. We tried one of the patches in December but that made her moods very erratic. She went back on Vyvanse this time 70mg but I just asked the dr to go back to 60mg do to the sleeping issues. I am at a loss as to what to do. Everytime we try a new med it screws her up at school. I would like to try to get her off the Vyvanse this summer and try something else. Any suggestions? I would appreciate any advice. BTW. ALready tried melatonin for the sleep and it puts her to sleep but doesn’t keep her asleep.

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