A new year! Jan '08

A month or so ago, we took you to a psych because of your aggression. Your DP wanted to put you in a mental institution because one day, when you got mad at me, you told me you wanted to kill me. I told that to your DP and she told me that saying it just once is reason enough to put him in there. I told her NO I was not going to let her do that. So we agreed to go see a psych and see if there is anything they suggest. So we go, and of course you have to be the best you have ever been. You look at her when you talk and you answer all of her questions and then you go and play with a puzzle. She told me that she did not think you had autism because you looked at her when you were talking to her and that you never regressed on anything when you were younger. She told me that ALL autistic kids regress on speech or something. I laughed about that because no 2 autistic kids are the same. There is no defining factor on what makes a child have autism. So then we get to talking about the meds that your on and I told her that your really calm because of it. Well she tells me that the autistic traits you have are because of his ADHD...not the other way around. I started to think about it a little bit and figured she must be right. So then we talk about his aggression. She thinks you might have anxiety. Which is what you DP thought too...so we may go on with that but im not pressing anything. So she prescribes you a drug called Rispidal. Its to help calm and not be so aggressive and anxious. When you were on it...things were great. You were not aggressive...did not hurt tyler, I didn't hear any tantrums, no pounding on walls and throwing things when you were mad. But if I missed a dose it would get really bad. I was giving you .25 mg 3 times a day. And on top of that your vyvanse for his ADHD. So last week, we went to your DP appt again and I told her everything that we talked about at this other appt. And she was beyond upset at this doctor. For one..we were giving Jacob basically 2 of the same meds and we never knew it. So he was getting the same med twice basically. and the dosage that the psych prescribed is VERY strong for a little 5 yr old boy with no meat on his bones. So now we have to go get your blood tested to make sure everything in your body is running fine. I guess the reason why he would get so violent and angry when he didn't have it was because of the withdrawal. You were already addicted to it just being on it that short of time. I haven't given it to you since and I don't think I will anymore. You are back to being on no meds right now so we have to figure out another plan to get you calm and back to focusing so that we can get you ready to go back to school next year.

Love you!

mommy