According to Kat's pdoc any ADD meds are uppers. ADD kids respond to them differently, it brings them down to a manageable level. But a BP kids could have the opposite effect, even if they seem to have ADD traits. They can cause more instability and anger. My son-in-law's dr. refused to put him on Concerta. With his tendancy to use illegal drugs she said an upper is the last thing she would put him on for his BP/ADD.
Kat was on the same meds, minus the Concerta, when she was younger. A lot of the time stabilizing the BP takes care of a lot of the ADD traits.
Anita, mom to Kat,21, BP, living with us & common law hubbie who is BP, mother to an infant,pregnant again, no meds