Dad reports:
The finding indicates the disorder may be more than just a chemical imbalance…Ashtari found the brain irregularities diminished in children who had been medicated with stimulant drugs for an average of 2 1/2 years.
“The findings … indicate that the therapeutic effect of stimulants may involve a brain normalization process,”…
Dad reports:
Tommy was given a lunch check on Tuesday. $10.50 buys him a lunch ticket good for 5 lunches. He used it on Tuesday then lost it and didn’t mention it. So he has an IOU with the school for yesterday. He has in his wallet $10 that “oh..I’ve been saving that!”
So, do I replace the lunch check? Or do I make Tommy pay $4.20 out of his personal savings?
I told Tommy that if I pay $10.50 for one lunch it better have something on the plate that I can’t pronounce!
Dad reports this morning:
New plan today. I woke Tommy at 5:30 and gave him his medicine. He sat up and took it without complaint then went back to sleep. I gave him 35 minutes (intended 15) and squirted his feet twice. He moaned, said “stop it!” then complained that his feet were cold but didn’t get up. I finally got him moving around at 6:20.
Today begins his Effexor weaning. Over the course of the next 3 weeks he will be weaned of Effexor leaving Geodon as his only medication. This will be the least amount of medication I have ever seen Tommy on! At one point he had so many medications that he was taking 9 pills in one sitting.
I am hoping this getting up earlier will help him not sleep through English class. And maybe he can eat enough to not be hungry. He has bad days at school when he misses breakfast because he waited until the bus arrived to get ready.
Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder.
... In Asperger's Disorder, individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood.
...Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior.
... leaves no space for age appropriate, common interests. ...
We will document our trials, tribulations, good times and efforts to give our son a normal life and perhaps help other Asperger parents in the process.