Hmmmm…..

After having Matt completely off the Mirtazaphine (night-time antidepressant drug that helps him sleep) for 5 days, I decided to have him take 1/2 of one last night just to see if his behaviors would in fact become worse: And the results are in: Obsessive/Compulsive behavior—worse Moodiness–way worse indecisiveness–way way worse Irrationality–way way way worse.  Causing mommy [...]

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This is so messed up.

Since the sleeping medication appears to have worsened Matt’s anxieties and obsessive behavior, we decided to eliminated it.  Behaviors and anxieties have improved a great deal since we’ve stopped giving him this medication.  As far as his sleeping patterns………well, that’s another story. Here is an example of what the past few nights have been like. 8:00pm–Matt is ready for bed. [...]

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The medication rollercoaster

“Matthew may benefit from taking prescription medication.”  Always such fun words to hear.  I believe the first time we heard those words was when Matt turned 3 1/2.  His pediatrician was the one who suggested it. But she didn’t strongly suggest it.  Was I completely against the idea of medicating Matt?  No.  In fact, I was a [...]

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Another storm

It’s been over a month since my last post.  I still had the Christmas theme template activated.  It’s nice to finally change that.   The last month has been pretty much a blur.  Christmas has come and gone.  We survived 2 weeks of the kids being out of school. But just barely.  Just because Christmas break [...]

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