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good conversations about Autism and Mental Health

I posted a write up recently about autism and sociopath. There followed an excellent conversation on twitter about my post and the topic in general. This is exactly the kind of thing that needs to happen in our communities. Doesn’t matter what the special need is, be it a mental health issue, a physical issue, or a developmental issue, without conversation, no changes will occur. I feel it necessary to qualify these posts. Unless specifically stated otherwise, these posts apply to my unique situation. Our situation is similar yet different to what the Gorski’s over at Lost and Tired are going through. Does it make their experience any less potent or valuable? No. It just makes things unique. Same might be said for the Moody’s over at Kat’s Cafe. What they are going through with their school district is similar to what the Gorski’s and I are going through. Is

so tired. hospital again

I am so tired. I was able to catch 15 minutes of nap time here and there this morning, but it isn’t like it was when I was 20 and 15 minutes felt like a couple of hours sleep when we were on maneuvers at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. David has been going pretty much non-stop since yesterday. I had a brief respite from him when he was asleep for about three hours, but… I wasn’t asleep. so I have been awake for the most part since yesterday. Thankfully my daughter is going to be my eyes for a while this afternoon so I can sleep a bit. I am due in Denver for three days at the end of the week, and we have family coming to stay with the kids while I am gone. So since David is actively non-compliant with his meds, I will be putting

a long night – meds up

David has thrown up his meds tonight. twice. the little bit of liquid that was able to get into his system allowed him to sleep for about 3 hours. so good morning I say to you. I gave him a second round of meds an hour ago, he should have been sleeping by now, just learned that he threw up those pills too. So trying for round three of the melatonin. So very frustrated. He isn’t ill. He chooses to make himself throw up his meds by gagging himself until they come up. In talking with him tonight he has thrown up his meds two out of the last three days. Which explains the loss of appetite. And here, I was going to blame it on his meds. oh, and he has been into the cat food again. Related articles appetites and meds (whynotfathers.com) frustrations at home – we need