Janna
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and I was thinking, it's been right around the 3 year mark since I first posted here about Dylan. LOL! Three years...wow.
I've been more AWOL over time, and I do apologize, but with Dylan in the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), Brandon being home, and Jared being..well, Jared...my internet time isn't available to me like it has been in the past. I used to get up at 5 AM and post in the mornings, but geez, I can't bring myself to get up at 6 AM lately. I'm just too exhausted.
Brandon's been great since reunification. Go figure? The first 2 weeks he was home, he got caught shoplifting at Wal Mart :hammer: CD's LOL! Stupid boy. I told him, there, if I ever got a call like that again, I would never pick him up. He'd go straight to Juvie. No more chances. I didn't yell. I didn't get angry. I didn't do anything I regretted. Told him that, and he's been great ever since. Working at (ironically) Wal Mart, about 30 hours a week now. Getting all A's and B's and a very high (almost) B in English. Junior in high school. No calls from the principal. No problems. Some alien abducted my child and replaced him is what I think. medication free. No explosions. Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Mood Disorder or Adjustment Disorder, whichever you want to pick, seems gone. Just gone. He does have some slight ADD stuff - but he seems to be working on that on his own. No complaints from the school. Still can't figure out how he went from how he was to how he is. But he did. Miracle, I guess.
Dylan's going into month 4. Full medication wash, and lemme say, Praise the Lord. I don't miss all that mess with drugs, and neither does he. Lithium is GONEEEEEEEEEEE, which means no more Synthroid (thyroid is now fine), no more DDAVP (no more soaking the bed) and no more AP's. Don't miss those either! No more Flonase...probably needs something for allergies, but now in winter, isn't the time. Not sweating it. He is on a dose of Concerta now, 36 mg., doesn't seem to be doing squat. We see alot of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) type stuff - shirt chewing, scratching, minor head banging. Very inattentive, no ability to sit still at all. No focus, no concentration. It's horrible to watch him. He looks like he's ready to crawl out of his skin. I have no answer. Doesn't seem anyone does. He's tried it all. I'm not willing to start a new trail of drugs. Screw it. Having some school issues. I want a 1:1 for him - some at the school district are fighting it, so I'm trying to get the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) to recommend it. He's got a few months yet, so we'll see. School is a big anxiety issue/stressor for me. And him. We'll see.
We were hoping the Concerta would work this time, maybe, because it's been a Godsend for Jared. Little pill took care of ALL inattentive/focus issues with him and he's awesome! Karate. Cello in the orchestra. He's great.
That's the big story from here. Thought I'd throw an update out there. Sorry I'm hit or miss here lately, it's whenever I get a second LOL!
Janna
I've been more AWOL over time, and I do apologize, but with Dylan in the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), Brandon being home, and Jared being..well, Jared...my internet time isn't available to me like it has been in the past. I used to get up at 5 AM and post in the mornings, but geez, I can't bring myself to get up at 6 AM lately. I'm just too exhausted.
Brandon's been great since reunification. Go figure? The first 2 weeks he was home, he got caught shoplifting at Wal Mart :hammer: CD's LOL! Stupid boy. I told him, there, if I ever got a call like that again, I would never pick him up. He'd go straight to Juvie. No more chances. I didn't yell. I didn't get angry. I didn't do anything I regretted. Told him that, and he's been great ever since. Working at (ironically) Wal Mart, about 30 hours a week now. Getting all A's and B's and a very high (almost) B in English. Junior in high school. No calls from the principal. No problems. Some alien abducted my child and replaced him is what I think. medication free. No explosions. Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Mood Disorder or Adjustment Disorder, whichever you want to pick, seems gone. Just gone. He does have some slight ADD stuff - but he seems to be working on that on his own. No complaints from the school. Still can't figure out how he went from how he was to how he is. But he did. Miracle, I guess.
Dylan's going into month 4. Full medication wash, and lemme say, Praise the Lord. I don't miss all that mess with drugs, and neither does he. Lithium is GONEEEEEEEEEEE, which means no more Synthroid (thyroid is now fine), no more DDAVP (no more soaking the bed) and no more AP's. Don't miss those either! No more Flonase...probably needs something for allergies, but now in winter, isn't the time. Not sweating it. He is on a dose of Concerta now, 36 mg., doesn't seem to be doing squat. We see alot of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) type stuff - shirt chewing, scratching, minor head banging. Very inattentive, no ability to sit still at all. No focus, no concentration. It's horrible to watch him. He looks like he's ready to crawl out of his skin. I have no answer. Doesn't seem anyone does. He's tried it all. I'm not willing to start a new trail of drugs. Screw it. Having some school issues. I want a 1:1 for him - some at the school district are fighting it, so I'm trying to get the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) to recommend it. He's got a few months yet, so we'll see. School is a big anxiety issue/stressor for me. And him. We'll see.
We were hoping the Concerta would work this time, maybe, because it's been a Godsend for Jared. Little pill took care of ALL inattentive/focus issues with him and he's awesome! Karate. Cello in the orchestra. He's great.
That's the big story from here. Thought I'd throw an update out there. Sorry I'm hit or miss here lately, it's whenever I get a second LOL!
Janna
