houseofcards
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Hello everyone, Ive been here before but needed to take a break mostly because my last post involved telling about my difficult childs suicide attempt and it scared me to see it in print. I also went thru a computer crash but was able to borrow a laptop to lurk on occasion so I have been thinking and praying for many of you. Anyway, I have a lovely new computer for Christmas and a great need to be here so I am back.
My difficult child D is doing just ok, my p-doctor understands the need for a mood stabilizer now so we have added Lamictal at just 125 mg, when we added another 25 mgs he got very disorganized, spilling things and just air headed, p-doctor felt that was a side effect so doesnt want to increase it. I will ask about adding another MS at our next appointment. The Lamictal has worked pretty well for the depression but we still are dealing with impulsivity and anger. I wonder if it is a little bit of mania or the ADHD showing its symptoms more now that the depression is lessened. Anyway I am open for suggestions on a second MS.
I have some great news, my youngest probable difficult child M has been adopted. Something tells me he might be my hardest kid to raise. He is showing speech delays, sensory issues, quirky behaviors and my favorite(not) anger. He also will head bang or slap his face on occasion when angry/frustrated, obsesses with the TV, and uses 3 pacifiers to self comfort 1 in mouth, 1 in each hand. Many people want me to remove the pacifiers from him but I am not going there! He is very interested in people with good eye contact, has good imaginative play, the most adorable smile with dimples. He is just started to transition to the pre-school program from Early Intervention.
Life continues to be too busy but I must be an optimist because I keep thinking it will slow down. LOL