He Is Not Alone #2

    I've kept my fingers crossed but after a month we find ourselves back at square one only with a new prescription. We had our follow-up appointment and told the doctor that the meds are working for his ADHD but not for his Tics. The problem with that? We don't care if he is energetic, he's 6 and hyper is perfect. The problem we have is that the medicine isn't fixing the problem. It's only making him extremely tired, to the point that he is asking to sit down at school. Now, if you've ever met him before the medication and hear me speak of him being "calm" then you're probably like "HOORAY" but I'm not, I hate it and I just want him back to the way he was. Tonight at dinner he said "We were standing on the rug and I asked to sit down because I didn't feel well, I am so tired." 

It is incredibly frustrating to keep hearing "Let's just wait and see what this medicine does..." because in the mean time I am trying to keep a firm grip on this emotional roller coaster so he doesn't have to ride it alone. If this keeps up he's going to have to scoot over and make room in that seat for me. 

So onto prescription #2, granted we are only a few days in, Tryp is still blinking uncontrollably, clearing his throat, shaking his hands, having tremors and today he actually started crying because he hates rubbing his toes together but he can't stop. I am going to give this new medicine a chance, not a very big one but a chance before I take him to Children's to have him evaluated and treated properly. 

He is my son, not your guinea pig and it is hard to remain optimistic when you feel like everything is wrong.