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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 98528" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Thanks guys for all the warm hugs and well wishes.</p><p></p><p>Me time, is so hard right now. Mostly because it can only happen if difficult child's Dad takes him for the weekend. The end result of a weekend with Dad, is a week, with me picking up all the pieces.</p><p>"Oh your jonesing for a cigarette because your dad let you smoke? Sorry!"</p><p>"Oh, you missed your medications all weekend - I guess that is <em>why</em> your manic?"</p><p>"You drank 4 liters of coke? Well that does not help!"</p><p>"Oh, your dad calls people that, lovely - as you know we live over here in the real world where we try and live civil lives and try to, get this, <em>not</em> get the stuffing beat out of us!"</p><p>(And you, bio-dad would be a red neck! ding, ding, ding)</p><p>And the list just goes on and on.............</p><p>So my time alone, is always, always a double edged sword. </p><p></p><p>As far as medications...............ugh. That is all I have to say. We have been doing this medication thing for 11 years, and I am over it. I know Paxil could be making the mania worse, but with-out an AD his anxiety is so high he is ready to chew his arm off. I mean, it is really bad.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, I really think part of his mania is the seasons. Every fall, and every spring he cycles. It is like clockwork. Literally - "oh, time to set the clocks back? Oh, time to get some extra PRNs from ol psychiatrist." I also think it is the stress of some new expectations I am placing on him, and probably a zillion other things, who knows.</p><p></p><p>Anyhoo.........thanks again for listening, and more importantly caring. You guys are wonderful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 98528, member: 3301"] Thanks guys for all the warm hugs and well wishes. Me time, is so hard right now. Mostly because it can only happen if difficult child's Dad takes him for the weekend. The end result of a weekend with Dad, is a week, with me picking up all the pieces. "Oh your jonesing for a cigarette because your dad let you smoke? Sorry!" "Oh, you missed your medications all weekend - I guess that is [i]why[/i] your manic?" "You drank 4 liters of coke? Well that does not help!" "Oh, your dad calls people that, lovely - as you know we live over here in the real world where we try and live civil lives and try to, get this, [i]not[/i] get the stuffing beat out of us!" (And you, bio-dad would be a red neck! ding, ding, ding) And the list just goes on and on............. So my time alone, is always, always a double edged sword. As far as medications...............ugh. That is all I have to say. We have been doing this medication thing for 11 years, and I am over it. I know Paxil could be making the mania worse, but with-out an AD his anxiety is so high he is ready to chew his arm off. I mean, it is really bad. FWIW, I really think part of his mania is the seasons. Every fall, and every spring he cycles. It is like clockwork. Literally - "oh, time to set the clocks back? Oh, time to get some extra PRNs from ol psychiatrist." I also think it is the stress of some new expectations I am placing on him, and probably a zillion other things, who knows. Anyhoo.........thanks again for listening, and more importantly caring. You guys are wonderful. [/QUOTE]
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