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Category Archives: Mental Health – Child

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less challenges

David has been less challenging today.  It may be because Mom was home from work today. Have calls out to the psych team regarding him forcing himself to vomit up his meds.  The primary psychiatrist is on vacation until the 14th.  Just waiting to hear back from the nurse. What kind of plan do doctor’s have for when they go on vacation?  Surely they have someone who follows or can work with their case load while they are absent.     Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: challenge, doctor, patience ·

Choking is not a game….

Our son has been a handful lately.  I confronted him about it yesterday. I have had very little sleep for the last 2 days.  He hasn’t either.  His body seems to thrive on 4 hours of sleep. Turns out that when I give him his medicine, he has been spitting them out. So we started massaging his chin and throat.  Well, that makes sure he swallows them, but then he goes into the bathroom and makes himself throw up the pills.   He is 10.  My heart  breaks to think that he is starting this.  He says that he wants some free time to himself. So the next business day, I am going to be in touch with his doctor.  I am afraid for his life. Now, I know that at least the superintendent of our school district is reading this.  I don’t much care.  This blog isn’t about you.  This

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Tags: choking, gag, non-compliance., pills ·

a much better day

Yesterday, I was at my wits end with David. Today, hasn’t been perfect, but it has been much better in that there isn’t as much stress. Now if I could just get the kids to do their chores… What is the secret?  I feel like I have been cleaning the same spot all day and not getting anywhere.  Very frustrating. David ate 3/4’s of a package of string cheese and drank 2 quarts of Sunny D this morning.  No wonder he hasn’t been hungry all day.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: autism, chores, cleaning, relax, Stress ·

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