Updates on Meds and life.....

So we have been at full dose of Lamictal for a few months now. Pretty much since school started. I read over what I wrote last time, and I feel like he's on a downswing. He's still talking a ton, more clearly and longer sentences, but he's anxious and seems to get more easily upset. Church has been hard, he has a really hard time with noises and seems more sensitive to it. The last week and half or so he's been really tired. Sleeping a lot during the day, and still going to sleep a okay at night. We are having to really work on waking him up from his day time naps. This is new, he hasn't been napping during the day in a while.

His teacher said he was more impulsive this last week, which is a big deal because he's so impulsive as it is. He is having a hard time sitting at all. We took him to a restaurant last week, and he screamed and cried most of the time. He REALLY wanted Mac and Cheese, and then when we ordered it for him, he cried so much, that Jason took him out to McDonalds and got him a happy meal, because that seemed like the only thing that would make him happy. Micah and Elijah and I sat in the restaurant while Jason walked him over and got him a happy meal. He seemed okay after that. We had to go to Reno for Jason's mom's wedding. We went to Circus Circus, which is the ultimate overstimulating environment. He was a mess. He had a really hard time. He wanted to escape constantly, he wanted what he wanted, and if he didn't get it he cried. It was horrible.

The tic like behavior seems to be gone, as does most of his eye fluttering. We got this stuff that makes him not suck his thumb, but he bites his hand instead, not much better, almost worse.

He's also backed up right now, and were starting to give him more and more miralax. He has yet to pass the poop yet, and I'm hoping after he does he will be happier. He is eating less, and is less willing to eat things he does not want. He pushes it away and cries. His crying is so sad, his tears are so real and extreme.

That's all I have for now. We have a follow up Ped. Neurology appointment, but I think I'm going to cancel it and make a phone appointment. I don't want to drive out there just to talk to the lady. We can do that on the phone. I'm not sure what she will say. Maybe we should try a different med, or maybe lay off the meds for a while. I don't know. That's all for now, I'll write more as I think of it.

Love,
Willow