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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 62865" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>I'll be the optimist.</p><p></p><p>I took Paxil myself for some time for anxiety. Hated it. Made me feel awful, really. Didn't last long.</p><p></p><p>So, aside from the constant talking, doesn't really sound like your difficult child is manic. 7 hours of sleep is plenty for some. Heck, my easy child is 9, he goes to bed at 9, but doesn't fall asleep until around 11 PM. I wake them up around 6:30 AM for camp, and he really has no problem with that. We took them to the beach this past weekend, the kids didn't get to sleep until almost midnight, and at 5 AM, we were on the road, and they were all wide awake. Now, 7 hours isn't every day, but really, I can live on 6 hours of sleep, and so can alot of people. So, I guess I'd ask what was his sleep pattern before? If he was only sleeping 8 hours, not much different. If he was sleeping 12 (which is also not normal and unhealthy), I'd question the 7 hours now.</p><p></p><p>Everything else sounds pretty normal. At 16, I wouldn't expect him to lay around doing nothing if he was feeling normal. Maybe he just feels better and wants to enjoy his life.</p><p></p><p>I dunno, I don't know him, just throwing that out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 62865, member: 2737"] I'll be the optimist. I took Paxil myself for some time for anxiety. Hated it. Made me feel awful, really. Didn't last long. So, aside from the constant talking, doesn't really sound like your difficult child is manic. 7 hours of sleep is plenty for some. Heck, my easy child is 9, he goes to bed at 9, but doesn't fall asleep until around 11 PM. I wake them up around 6:30 AM for camp, and he really has no problem with that. We took them to the beach this past weekend, the kids didn't get to sleep until almost midnight, and at 5 AM, we were on the road, and they were all wide awake. Now, 7 hours isn't every day, but really, I can live on 6 hours of sleep, and so can alot of people. So, I guess I'd ask what was his sleep pattern before? If he was only sleeping 8 hours, not much different. If he was sleeping 12 (which is also not normal and unhealthy), I'd question the 7 hours now. Everything else sounds pretty normal. At 16, I wouldn't expect him to lay around doing nothing if he was feeling normal. Maybe he just feels better and wants to enjoy his life. I dunno, I don't know him, just throwing that out there. [/QUOTE]
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