On Tuesday Griffin had a really hard time at school, so much so that his shadow called me and when he got home it wasn't any better and it has gotten worse with each passing day. He just loses control of his emotions and lashes out at whatever inanimate object is near. Yesterday afternoon he hit his TV and he flew to the floor, thank goodness it didn't break it. I just don't know what to do to help him especially while he is in the midst of a meltdown. Mostly because I don't usually know what triggers them.
I went to see his doctor today and we decided to take him off the Focalin XR for the weekend and see what kind of results that yields, I don't know for sure but I think it's going to be a rough couple of days. The thing about it is that no matter what we are doing or where we are he still has them even if it's something going on that he likes.
Several hours after writing the first two paragraphs, when I went to pick up Griffin his shadow and teacher told me that he did great today and that they think that maybe the meltdowns were caused by him having congestion that he no longer has today. So far, since he has been home for about an hour now, everything is okay and I haven't given him a second dose of the Focalin XR.
We'll play it by ear and see what happens over the weekend, maybe it was from him feeling a bit under the weather........who knows?
3 comments:
Oh, I hope that things go well this weekend! Feeling stuffed up makes me crabby, too.
~Jes
Oh man. You know we've been going through the ebb and flow, too. So frustrating when we don't know the cause or how to help.
Thinking of you. xoxo
Noah just had a pretty major meltdown last night. He has been a mix of emotions himself lately too. I know what you are going through!
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