my teenage son has ADHD, he takes Daytrana 30 mg patches. His grades have dropped this year in school. He gets extremely aggravated and has low self esteem/confidence. We ve had to go up from 15 mg to 30 mg already this year, due to impulsive behavior and not being able to pay attention. He is awesome at sports: football, basketball, and baseball, but here lately he seems less confident and nervous on the field/court. He is struggling in Math and he cant seem to grasp it this year. We went from an A in Math last year to barely passing this year. My father in law doesn t like him to be on meds and doesn t think he needs it. My father in law feels that the meds are making him to sedated and that he isn t doing as well in sports and in school because its to much meds. The reason we ve had to keep going up on his meds is because he couldn t pay attention and stay in his seat during class work. I don t know what to do. I want him to be well rounded; to be good at academics and sports. I want him to succeed. It is so hard to see him struggle and be unhappy .