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<blockquote data-quote="Ltlredhen" data-source="post: 6750" data-attributes="member: 2123"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> And still she stays up all night one night about every other week or so. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>I had to laugh, for some strange reason that I've not been able to figure out my difficult child does almost the same thing. For the majority of time, my difficult child goes to bed at the same time and gets up about the same. But every few weeks he will go to sleep and then after a few hours wake up. Then he is UP for the rest of the night. He usually goes back to sleep for an hour or around 5:00 AM and back up about 7:00 AM. Over the last year, this has been a regular occurrance, really strange. </p><p></p><p>As far as the charting, what I found worked best was to just get a large spiral notebook. I take a page for each day and make simple notes throughout the day such as...got up at _____ time. Ate ____ at time. If there was an exceptionally bad time during the day I would make a few notes as to what was going on at the time, who was around, any triggers that I could possibly see. You will find after keeping track after a few weeks there may be patterns that set things in motion. Others have used charts but to me for a young child they are much to time consuming. I barely had time to jot down a few words. Maybe you could go back at night and fill in some of the details if you liked.</p><p></p><p>Just for what it is worth, if the child could possibly be bipolar not ADHD the stimulants are only going to make things worse. I see she is on Depakote, (I'm certainly no expert but was under the impression this was a mood stabilizer). I've heard you should add a stimulant for ADHD only after her mood has reached stabilization. </p><p></p><p>Have you had the opportunity to read "The Bipolar Child" by Dr. Papolos and Dr. Papolos? If nothing else you could rule some of those symptoms out if they don't fit.</p><p></p><p>Donna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ltlredhen, post: 6750, member: 2123"] [ QUOTE ] And still she stays up all night one night about every other week or so. [/ QUOTE ] I had to laugh, for some strange reason that I've not been able to figure out my difficult child does almost the same thing. For the majority of time, my difficult child goes to bed at the same time and gets up about the same. But every few weeks he will go to sleep and then after a few hours wake up. Then he is UP for the rest of the night. He usually goes back to sleep for an hour or around 5:00 AM and back up about 7:00 AM. Over the last year, this has been a regular occurrance, really strange. As far as the charting, what I found worked best was to just get a large spiral notebook. I take a page for each day and make simple notes throughout the day such as...got up at _____ time. Ate ____ at time. If there was an exceptionally bad time during the day I would make a few notes as to what was going on at the time, who was around, any triggers that I could possibly see. You will find after keeping track after a few weeks there may be patterns that set things in motion. Others have used charts but to me for a young child they are much to time consuming. I barely had time to jot down a few words. Maybe you could go back at night and fill in some of the details if you liked. Just for what it is worth, if the child could possibly be bipolar not ADHD the stimulants are only going to make things worse. I see she is on Depakote, (I'm certainly no expert but was under the impression this was a mood stabilizer). I've heard you should add a stimulant for ADHD only after her mood has reached stabilization. Have you had the opportunity to read "The Bipolar Child" by Dr. Papolos and Dr. Papolos? If nothing else you could rule some of those symptoms out if they don't fit. Donna [/QUOTE]
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