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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 388577" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Thank you Jena and HaoZi! We did do the migrane check and determined it was the ADHD medication (Methylin) that was causing the headaches (atleast the pain part). doctor said that was common with stimulants. I think we introduced too high of a dose too fast. Hopefully the switch to Adderall at a less strength will help. Time will tell.</p><p> </p><p>I also agree the other part of disconnecting, fog, ect. could be anxiety symptom. We all know that our kids with anxiety even display symptoms over the happy events that are coming up. difficult child went hunting this weekend and had a great time, next weekend I will be gone and there is still stress around what he will be doing (who will be watching him) while I am gone, his bowling team is advancing to the State level, we are kenneling the dogs next weekend (if difficult child and husband will be gone), Thanksgiving weekend and possibly the weekend he goes to state bowling so I am sure he is a bit anxious about all of that even though he tells me his anxiety is under control and he can handle it. I say even though he is using his tools to defeat it, it is still there and a few times catches him off guard which scares him which makes it stronger.</p><p> </p><p>I ordered two books from amazon. One is on helping with anger and one helps with ADHD. I told him that he is not full fledged either of these but what he learns from the workbooks (geared toward teens) will help him understand more of what he is going through. I hope they help.</p><p> </p><p>We have cut down to every two to three months psychologist appointments. I did make a follow up for a month and if difficult child feels it will be helpful will go to weekly as needed. Psychologist said he will work on the books with difficult child.</p><p> </p><p>He has figured out that when he is bored and can not find anything to do, then these things/thoughts happen. Sometimes you can't do anything like waiting in a doctor's office so he needs to come up with more tools such as find something he likes to read (near impossible), bring something along to pass the time (like his I-pod that has games on it), learn to use quiet times to reflect on beneficial things like formulating to do lists, thinking about how something works, singing a song, ect.</p><p> </p><p>All your responses plus the psychologist, psychiatrist, and migrane check up appointments have put me back in the battle. I feel that I am better equipped to go on.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 388577, member: 5096"] Thank you Jena and HaoZi! We did do the migrane check and determined it was the ADHD medication (Methylin) that was causing the headaches (atleast the pain part). doctor said that was common with stimulants. I think we introduced too high of a dose too fast. Hopefully the switch to Adderall at a less strength will help. Time will tell. I also agree the other part of disconnecting, fog, ect. could be anxiety symptom. We all know that our kids with anxiety even display symptoms over the happy events that are coming up. difficult child went hunting this weekend and had a great time, next weekend I will be gone and there is still stress around what he will be doing (who will be watching him) while I am gone, his bowling team is advancing to the State level, we are kenneling the dogs next weekend (if difficult child and husband will be gone), Thanksgiving weekend and possibly the weekend he goes to state bowling so I am sure he is a bit anxious about all of that even though he tells me his anxiety is under control and he can handle it. I say even though he is using his tools to defeat it, it is still there and a few times catches him off guard which scares him which makes it stronger. I ordered two books from amazon. One is on helping with anger and one helps with ADHD. I told him that he is not full fledged either of these but what he learns from the workbooks (geared toward teens) will help him understand more of what he is going through. I hope they help. We have cut down to every two to three months psychologist appointments. I did make a follow up for a month and if difficult child feels it will be helpful will go to weekly as needed. Psychologist said he will work on the books with difficult child. He has figured out that when he is bored and can not find anything to do, then these things/thoughts happen. Sometimes you can't do anything like waiting in a doctor's office so he needs to come up with more tools such as find something he likes to read (near impossible), bring something along to pass the time (like his I-pod that has games on it), learn to use quiet times to reflect on beneficial things like formulating to do lists, thinking about how something works, singing a song, ect. All your responses plus the psychologist, psychiatrist, and migrane check up appointments have put me back in the battle. I feel that I am better equipped to go on. Thank you! [/QUOTE]
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