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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 435069" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Meanwhile....how 'bout mixing it up a bit. Her bath or shower has to be finished before she ??? (turns on the tv for the evening, for example) <strong>and</strong> she must decide and layout what clothes she is going to wear in the morning. Oops, forgot. In addition to her clean clothes her books and supplies must also be laid out. <strong>Then </strong>she can settle in for the night..such as it is. Those steps were extremely helpful with difficult child because, lol, it actually decreased his anxiety.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding snacking at night I've been there done that and the only answer that worked was to allow a stash in the bedroom to avoid kitchen raids. difficult child got to choose what he thought he would need/want and had to bring the dirty dishes back into the kitchen in the morning. In his case the hunger was the result of one of his medications. He's been on that same medication for close to ten years and still eats at night BUT once we added Trazadone to help him sleep he no longer was up every night.</p><p> </p><p>I think it's necessary for your to do your homework before the next appointment but, truthfully, I don't get the impression that difficult child has actually been appropriately evaluated to know which diagnosis is correct. No doubt she has anxiety but there's more there. I really believe a current neuro/psychiatric evaluation would alleviate alot of your stress and remove alot of the guesswork. Going back to school will have a far greater chance of being successful if you all know what her specific problems are and can get appropriate medictions in her system before the summer is over. Good luck. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 435069, member: 35"] Meanwhile....how 'bout mixing it up a bit. Her bath or shower has to be finished before she ??? (turns on the tv for the evening, for example) [B]and[/B] she must decide and layout what clothes she is going to wear in the morning. Oops, forgot. In addition to her clean clothes her books and supplies must also be laid out. [B]Then [/B]she can settle in for the night..such as it is. Those steps were extremely helpful with difficult child because, lol, it actually decreased his anxiety. Regarding snacking at night I've been there done that and the only answer that worked was to allow a stash in the bedroom to avoid kitchen raids. difficult child got to choose what he thought he would need/want and had to bring the dirty dishes back into the kitchen in the morning. In his case the hunger was the result of one of his medications. He's been on that same medication for close to ten years and still eats at night BUT once we added Trazadone to help him sleep he no longer was up every night. I think it's necessary for your to do your homework before the next appointment but, truthfully, I don't get the impression that difficult child has actually been appropriately evaluated to know which diagnosis is correct. No doubt she has anxiety but there's more there. I really believe a current neuro/psychiatric evaluation would alleviate alot of your stress and remove alot of the guesswork. Going back to school will have a far greater chance of being successful if you all know what her specific problems are and can get appropriate medictions in her system before the summer is over. Good luck. DDD [/QUOTE]
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