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Remember Chunk from the Goonies?

Remember that scene in the Goonies where the Fratellis were questioning Chunk by threatening to put his hand in the blender?  And he starts talking… Everything. OK! I’ll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max’s toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog… When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out… But the worst thing I ever done – I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I

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Tags: ADHD, autism, autism support, bipolar, blogboost, Conditions and Diseases, Goonies, Health, Mental disorder, mental health, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, ODD ·

psych team visit today

We met with David’s psych team today. We are doing everything right.  They are surprised that it has taken us this long to seek placement for him. We talked at length about the issue with David spitting up his meds, and were told that it is all about David wanting control.  Has nothing to do with him not liking the taste of his meds. As much as I like this psychiatrist, this isn’t anything that we didn’t already know. So we are going to keep on doing what we have been doing until a bed opens up at the residential facility.  He can be there for as many as 7 years. Another topic was our discussion of David’s behavior and its affect on my health.  Yeah, not a good conversation to have. Related articles Melatonin and anti-psychotics (whynotfathers.com) forty hours and it’s affect on my health (whynotfathers.com) another night done.

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Tags: ADHD, autism, autism support, Conditions and Diseases, dad, Fibromyalgia, Health, homeschool, IEP, Lupus, mental health, non-compliance., Stress, TBI, traumatic brain injury ·

forty hours and it’s affect on my health

Well, being awake for 40 of the last 48 hours is taking a definite toll on my body. See, I have systemic lupus, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism and they are testing to rule out MS and Parkinson’s Disease. Because David has taken it upon himself to throw up his meds more, everyday since Friday afternoon actually, it has been a struggle. My knees ache so much that I had to take my strongest pain meds to see if I can sleep tonight.  The trouble with that is if David wakes, I won’t know it. I am also developing a deep chest cold, which is the result of my Lupus.  How do I know?  After 13 years, you can begin to tell when the Lupus is active, so that means an increase in my steroids. Tomorrow we are meeting with the psych team, so hopefully we can explore some hospitalization.  During his last

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Tags: ADHD, autism, autism support, Fibromyalgia, Health, IEP, Lupus, Mental disorder, mental health, non-compliance., obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, ODD, Stress, TBI, traumatic brain injury ·

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