Appointment Day 1 (5mg)

Today was my birthday. And Carlitos made breakfast for me with his sister. Very cute. He was in a good mood this morning. Worked in the garage for a little while and then he got dressed ready to go to the psychiatrist appointment. His first follow up since he started his medicine. In was very curious to know his weight since he has been eating like a horse lately.

We got there and he got weighted. 70lbs!! exactly the same than last time, not a pound more. I guess I'm glad, I was afraid he would be gaining weight. We went over some paperwork from school (progress report) and discussed his behaviors lately. I asked the Dr if the medicine had a honeymoon stage because for the first 2 weeks after starting with it he had an incredible time. perfect focus and perfect behavior. Then after that he started going back to old behaviors but still doing very well.

She explained that based on his weight now he should be taking about 10mg and I have him on 2.5mg. What that does is to help him but creates curves because is not enough medicine to keep him steady and even. That is why he keeps on regressing sometimes to old behaviors. That makes sense!. So we decided to start him on 5mg tonight. It was a good meeting. The next one is in 6 weeks. Jan 31 to follow up.

Tonight we had a wii party at the house with a bunch of Friends and kids. he seemed ansy and getting frustrated very easy. Specially with his sisters, feeling left out or ignored. Around 10:00pm we decided to turn off the wii. He had a meltdown over it, not enough time to transition!! poor guy was devastated over it and fell sleep on the sofa. We left him there for half an hour and then took him to bed.

I'll be watching to see what reaction he gets with the new dose.