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Anyone use periactin?
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semperfiohana
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i tried it many years ago. while it did help with my appetite, it made me very sleepy so i stopped taking it.
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semperfiohana
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i tried it many years ago. while it did help with my appetite, it made me very sleepy so i stopped taking it.
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semperfiohana
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i tried it many years ago. while it did help with my appetite, it made me very sleepy so i stopped taking it.
RebekahsMom
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Bek, 6 1/2, uses it. She was taking 2 mg before all 3 meals, but as Harriett said, it totally wiped her out. She would get home from school, fall asleep during afternoon treatments, not wake up for dinner until 7:30 or later (with us trying for more than an hour to get her up), then back to sleep during before bed treatments at 8:30. We had her cut back to 2 mg just before dinner. She still naps fter school, but she can wake up easier and earlier.
She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
Good luck with it.
She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
Good luck with it.
RebekahsMom
New member
Bek, 6 1/2, uses it. She was taking 2 mg before all 3 meals, but as Harriett said, it totally wiped her out. She would get home from school, fall asleep during afternoon treatments, not wake up for dinner until 7:30 or later (with us trying for more than an hour to get her up), then back to sleep during before bed treatments at 8:30. We had her cut back to 2 mg just before dinner. She still naps fter school, but she can wake up easier and earlier.
She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
Good luck with it.
She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
Good luck with it.
RebekahsMom
New member
Bek, 6 1/2, uses it. She was taking 2 mg before all 3 meals, but as Harriett said, it totally wiped her out. She would get home from school, fall asleep during afternoon treatments, not wake up for dinner until 7:30 or later (with us trying for more than an hour to get her up), then back to sleep during before bed treatments at 8:30. We had her cut back to 2 mg just before dinner. She still naps fter school, but she can wake up easier and earlier.
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<br />She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
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<br />Good luck with it.
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<br />She had told me that she didn't want to take it anymore because it wasn't working. About 4 months ago, clinic changed it to 2 mg before dinner for 3 weeks, then 1 week off, saying that sometimes it works better by doing that. I really don't see that it's working. She's been on it for about a year now, and has not put on much weight in the last year.
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<br />Good luck with it.
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grantsmom
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Grant has been taking periactin for almost a year. I couldn't be happier with the results. The first month he took it he gained 2 pounds. We do cycles with it- 3 weeks on and 1-2 weeks off. I usually try to hold off for two weeks because when he restarts it his appetite is Huge. Fortunately Grant has never had the side effect of being tired. He takes a fairly small dose- 3 1/2 ml twice daily. Hope your little one has good results- keep us posted
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grantsmom
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Grant has been taking periactin for almost a year. I couldn't be happier with the results. The first month he took it he gained 2 pounds. We do cycles with it- 3 weeks on and 1-2 weeks off. I usually try to hold off for two weeks because when he restarts it his appetite is Huge. Fortunately Grant has never had the side effect of being tired. He takes a fairly small dose- 3 1/2 ml twice daily. Hope your little one has good results- keep us posted
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grantsmom
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Grant has been taking periactin for almost a year. I couldn't be happier with the results. The first month he took it he gained 2 pounds. We do cycles with it- 3 weeks on and 1-2 weeks off. I usually try to hold off for two weeks because when he restarts it his appetite is Huge. Fortunately Grant has never had the side effect of being tired. He takes a fairly small dose- 3 1/2 ml twice daily. Hope your little one has good results- keep us posted
Stillgoing
New member
Lauren has taken it and it wipes her out too, but only for the first day or two. I am not sure that it really helps her appetite, but it helps her attitude. I am guessing that a placebo would probably work just as well.
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Kathleen, mom to Lauren, age 9, DDF508, and her big brother - no CF
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Kathleen, mom to Lauren, age 9, DDF508, and her big brother - no CF
Stillgoing
New member
Lauren has taken it and it wipes her out too, but only for the first day or two. I am not sure that it really helps her appetite, but it helps her attitude. I am guessing that a placebo would probably work just as well.
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Kathleen, mom to Lauren, age 9, DDF508, and her big brother - no CF
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Kathleen, mom to Lauren, age 9, DDF508, and her big brother - no CF