FYI

So this past week has gone very good with Ben. His emotions seem to have levelled out, as he is not crying as easily. His appetite is being greatly effected, often he only eats a few small items each meal. He also is having trouble getting to sleep at night, usually not getting to sleep until 11:00 or later.
His teacher has said he is much better then he was prior to Vyvanse, however still has silliness at times and needs to be told to settle down. However I am not getting the sense from her that he is as out of control as before....it sounds to me that he has the silly time but is able be brought back to task in a reasonable amount of time. So that is definitely an improvement.

I do have a new concerns though that I have seen in the past few days. I am beginning to see a bit of his rage return...out of control anger. Twice in that past week he has lost control and kicks and screams and destroys belongings as a result to being punished. I am unsure as to if this is because this new drug focuses more on his ADHD and less the ODD? As the old drug I found helped with his ODD and less the ADHD.  Every drug has it's strengths or what it works best for, so if this problem continues we may need to address this later on...perhaps in some further counselling on anger management??? Something I am definitely going to keep my eye on.
But in the meantime I am happy that he is more successful at school, I think any silliness he is displaying is more what a typical 8 year old would be displaying. Although there is a place and a time to be silly, I think he will never be the perfect quiet kid in the corner, and I am happy that he's not!