Because of the appetite suppression the meds cause, my boy eats his big meal of the day at breakfast. He’ll devour 3 or 4 bowls of cereal, plus fruit and toast. Sometimes we mix it up and he eats lunch or dinner food as breakfast ~ just to keep things different. Then I make sure in the evenings when he’s less hungry that he has a couple pieces of cheese or yogurt plus fruit and milk.

Good luck! I’m pulling for you!

First: The best way to describe ADHD she said was to turn your favorite radio station on, the untune it by two degrees. You can still hear your radio station and your song, but it’s pretty darn hard to appreciate it, or concentrate on it, because there’s so much static, and bleed over from other stations and other stuff. That’s what an unmedicated child has to deal with.

Second: As for loss of apetite, she said it’s more than that. The meds can make your child feel like she’s just sat down and had an entire Thanksgiving Dinner. It’s not just loss of apetite she said, but the feeling of ‘over full’. So putting food on top of that can be daunting. Yet we as adults, always find room for a slice of pie, even when we are full. Find her ’slice of pie’ and feed her that.

When Brina went away to horse camp we had to have a SIGNED doctor’s note to inform that that it would be FINE if she chose to live off of buttered bread for the entire week. They weren’t allowed to try to make her eat more. I know it worried the counselors, but no one FORCING her to eat meant that after the 2nd day she was willing to try a few more things.

She’s 18, 120 curvy pounds, and healthy as an ox. Nary a vegetable or fruit went into her mouth for many of her formative years. Your Sabrina will eat enough to stay healthy, I promise.

So glad you hit a jackpot on the meds the first try! Good Mom! Go Girl!