Dee Dee is one a couple of different meds. Now, we dont beleive her blanked out behavior is solely caused by meds, (see tuesday's posted below) but yesterday I got a glimpse of the fact that the meds may be contibuting to it.
The kid had one adderall left yesterday morning and after I dropped her off at school and Madi was done with her counseling appt, I planned on stopping at the doc office and picking up the script and running to the pharmacy. Well, the lovely child decided to spit it out alllll over the table. The last one. I was freaking out. But, then I thought, well, oh well. What can I do now. She needs to get to school and I need to get Madi to counseling. So she went to school without her adderall. And her teacher reported to me that she listened a little better yesterday... and was able to sit in her seat much better... and focus better! What the crap!?!? The adderall is supposed to make her focus and able to listen better and sit in her seat better, and off of it, she did those things better.
Now... thats not to say the unmedicated Dee Dee was perfect, the defiance increased a bit... and was even worse this morning, but defiance seems a small price to pay for her being able to be a REAL kid!! She was laughing yesterday and ENGAGING with us!! She even danced in the living room with all of us! She has told us many times that she doesnt DANCE... and she was having so much fun last night!! :o)
I dont now what to do... I dont want to wait until her next med check with a man who will give us 5 mins and not really listen to what we have to say... so I praying about the next step and Im going to talk to her caseworker.
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Our lil man was horrid while on adderal. It made his behaviors 1000 time worse. He was checked out, and would hide under the table instead of interacting with people. He has grown leaps and bounds since taking him off. He is not med free, but we are still trying to find the right combo for him. Does Dee Dee see a psychologist?
ReplyDeleteShe sees a psychiatrist (med doc... right?) and then a counselor of some sort... i think she might be a psychologist. We saw the counselor today and she recommended we take her off the adderall... YAY, now I just have to call the med line, convince the nurse to find the psychiatrist, and then convince the "english is my second, maybe even third language and i dont understand you very well but yet expect you to understand me perfectly, and your a woman so what do you know, im a MAN, and a mighty doctor-psychiatrist" to LET me take her off. BIG GIANT SIGH! Since the woman we met with today said she noted in her file the change in her while off the adderall, maybe that will pull some weight with him. Dee Dee isnt horrid on adderial... thankfully, she is just soooo blank!! shes just missing life. i think tomorrow i will "accidentally forget" to give it to her and see how it goes!!
ReplyDeletei think she needs meds, but not this one.
Our lil man takes depakote with is for people with mood disorders. You might want to check that out.
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