I am emailing you in regard to Blake's Dexmethyphenidate XR 20 mg, unfortunately this medication seems to not have much of an effect for Blake any longer. At this time Blake's medication regimen is taking Dexmethylphenidate XR 20 mg in the morning prior to school. Unfortunately, he has trouble staying on task, focusing, concentrating, becoming impulsive, completing school work, and accomplishing daily chores at home. Furthermore, he has had a few incidents at school where the Vice Principal and his Resource Teacher has been forced to contact me during school hours. Therefore, I personally hope Dr. Halter and I can hopefully arrange for Blake to increase his Dexmethyphenidate XR 20 mg to Dexmethyphenidate XR 30 mg, especially due to Blake's next medication check-up is not until May. I believe if we were to increase Blake's medication he would be able to function more …show more content…
As I was reviewing Blake's last blood test results it is showing Blake's testosterone level is elevated, therefore, his level was 141 pg./ml. As I am the mother that investigates and studies as much as I possibly can I found that the normal range of testosterone for his age should only be in the range of 2 pg./ml - 95 pg./ml. Therefore, after I have spoken with both Dr. Ridel and Dr. Halter about the concern which I have with Blake's Epilepsy and the location of where his seizures take place his seizures can also lead to hyper-sexual tendencies. Furthermore, I fell it would be adequate to do an MRI of Blake's brain due to the last MRI was performed in 2013, nevertheless, this is a perfect opportunity to see if there has been a change within the past four years. Nonetheless, this will show if there has been any significant change within Blake's brain with not only his seizure activity, periventricular leukomalacia, and also his