TerryJ2
Well-Known Member
difficult child refused to get up and go to school again, insisting he was very dizzy and had a headache.
Surrounding his bed are a dozen sports magazines, which were not there last night. He was up late reading. I checked on him at 9:45, lights out.
I'm thinking that the Zoloft is giving him some kind of rush and he just can't get to sleep and can't stay asleep. Even with-the Vistaril, he's up at night. So I'm going to talk to husband tonight and we'll stop giving difficult child the Zoloft.
I tried to convince difficult child to take some pain medications and go to school, but he said he hates taking drugs and flat out refused. I caught him downstairs on the computer, playing Sims, and clearly, he's not THAT sick.
The rest of the world goes to work with a headache. I just can't teach him that. He is very argumentative and stubborn today.
So, no computer or gaming all day and tomorrow. He's got to make up the work he lost.
P.S. I've read in Dr. Rosemond's column that when a kid balks at not being allowed to play video games because they're sick, you're supposed to tell them that the dr. said it causes headaches (or whatever else you want to tell them, the idea being that the dr is an authority figure). I told difficult child that he was not to play video games today, for the reason stated, and he said, "The dr doesn't know." I said, "Doctors have told you many times that you get agitated and get headaches from video games." He replied, "What if you're in the person's body and you KNOW what you feel like? The dr. doesn't know that."
I think he has graduated past Rosemond ...
Surrounding his bed are a dozen sports magazines, which were not there last night. He was up late reading. I checked on him at 9:45, lights out.
I'm thinking that the Zoloft is giving him some kind of rush and he just can't get to sleep and can't stay asleep. Even with-the Vistaril, he's up at night. So I'm going to talk to husband tonight and we'll stop giving difficult child the Zoloft.
I tried to convince difficult child to take some pain medications and go to school, but he said he hates taking drugs and flat out refused. I caught him downstairs on the computer, playing Sims, and clearly, he's not THAT sick.
The rest of the world goes to work with a headache. I just can't teach him that. He is very argumentative and stubborn today.
So, no computer or gaming all day and tomorrow. He's got to make up the work he lost.
P.S. I've read in Dr. Rosemond's column that when a kid balks at not being allowed to play video games because they're sick, you're supposed to tell them that the dr. said it causes headaches (or whatever else you want to tell them, the idea being that the dr is an authority figure). I told difficult child that he was not to play video games today, for the reason stated, and he said, "The dr doesn't know." I said, "Doctors have told you many times that you get agitated and get headaches from video games." He replied, "What if you're in the person's body and you KNOW what you feel like? The dr. doesn't know that."
I think he has graduated past Rosemond ...
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