If so - how? Last week we saw the ARNP and she dropped J's Seroquel from 150 to 100. We had done 4 weeks at 50 mg and 2 weeks at 100 mg. Then at the next meeting they took her up to 150 mg. After two to three weeks at 150 we noticed more crying and agitation. We went in and she prescribed 100mg. Of course, difficult child wants to stop medication all together. It was discussed at the ARNP and she said "if" you stop Seroquel at this level, to take 4 pills at what she is at now, then 4 pills at the next level, then we could stop. Tonight J refused to take the 2 pills - would only take one because we think she is retarded or bipolar or ADD and she is just a normal teen age girl. (Said as if she was trying out for an academy award performance!) and she doesn't need medication! She is normal. This is after numerous meltdowns all week.
I think she is under a lot of stress because the end of trimester is Wednesday and work that is not handed in will be zeros. There is a big English report due that she hasn't started. Of course, yesterday, she begged to see a movie with a friend, and other plans in the evening. She would work on it today. Today she was "sick" and hasn't done anything but yell at us. I am so tired of the stress that I wonder if I should just back off and give her enough space to really fail on her own. We do this the week or two before grade cards EVERY YEAR! The school doesn't feel she needs a 504 plan or an IEP because she is capable and tests out well on state exams. But she can't do daily work and hand it in for credit.
I had decided on Friday that I wasn't going to ruin the rest of the families weekend dealing with her homework drama. But, now I am feeling guilty. But she does this all the time... falls behind... has plans to catch up... but I am the one that orchestrates it and makes her do it - then I get the brunt of her rage because she can't watch tv, or go to movies, or ride bikes or what ever she wants to do but homework. KSM
I think she is under a lot of stress because the end of trimester is Wednesday and work that is not handed in will be zeros. There is a big English report due that she hasn't started. Of course, yesterday, she begged to see a movie with a friend, and other plans in the evening. She would work on it today. Today she was "sick" and hasn't done anything but yell at us. I am so tired of the stress that I wonder if I should just back off and give her enough space to really fail on her own. We do this the week or two before grade cards EVERY YEAR! The school doesn't feel she needs a 504 plan or an IEP because she is capable and tests out well on state exams. But she can't do daily work and hand it in for credit.
I had decided on Friday that I wasn't going to ruin the rest of the families weekend dealing with her homework drama. But, now I am feeling guilty. But she does this all the time... falls behind... has plans to catch up... but I am the one that orchestrates it and makes her do it - then I get the brunt of her rage because she can't watch tv, or go to movies, or ride bikes or what ever she wants to do but homework. KSM