actual conversation, paraphrased since I wasn’t there:

Mom: Hi, you know that prescription you told us to try, that will help our son sleep at night?

Dr. DooRight: Yes, I gave you a very low dose so we didn’t knock the little guy out. Is he having a hard time waking up for school?

Mom: Well, he doesn’t sleep, it’s making him hyper. He’s bouncing off the walls.

Dr: That can’t be right. I’ve never seen that reaction in ten years of prescribing it. And I surely didn’t expect any side effects at such a low dose! This medicine is like an elephant tranquilizer.

Mom: …

Dr: Can you tell me what you mean by “bouncing?”

Mom: He sprints across the room and slams into the wall. Then does it the other direction. Over and over. When I asked him to stop, he did jumping jacks, cartwheels, and backflips, then bounced on the couch for a while like a trampoline. Before that he would repeatedly climb to the top bunk of his bed and jump off, striking poses on the way down. Did I mention repeatedly?

Dr: And what time did this happen?

Mom: from 8:00 until well past midnite. Non-stop. That would be Non. Stop.

Dr: …

Mom: Should we take him off the medicine?

Dr: Oh, definitely.

Just another day here at Case Studies “backward R” Us.