Gavin has been talking incessantly all day.  To be more accurate, he's been talking incessantly for weeks but he's kicked it up a knotch today.  This is all just an upward swing of the bipolar disorder.  An upward swing is one in the manic direction.  A downward swing would be one in the depressive direction. When his moods are balanced, they sorta equalize, somewhere in the middle. What tends to happen with Gavin is that he becomes manic when he's unstable.  When he's manic, he's very hyper and scattered.  He will talk incessantly and his thoughts are a jumbled mess. If you can even understand what he's physically saying, his words don't make any sense. Typically, his manic phase will bring it's friend psychosis along with it. This just means…

If you follow my Facebook page, you know that Lizze and I were watching classic Steven King movies last night.  As we were finishing the last 20 minutes of "IT", Emmett came racing down the steps in a complete panic. Apparently he had another nightmare and was scared. He fell asleep on Lizze, on the couch. When Lizze and I were going to bed, I decided that Emmett and I would sleep on the couch because he wasn't likely to sleep well and I wanted Lizze to get some rest. Needless to say, it was a very long and restless night.  This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me…

While today was far from perfect, we did have our share of victories as well.  I wanted to share two of them with you all.  Personally, I feel that it's really, really important to try and find some positive in every single day.  I totally understand that it's not always possible and it's certainly not easy to focus on something positive, especially when things are at their worst.  This is just something that I have taken on as a personal challenge. Today's victory is the fact that there were moments in the day where I watched my kids getting along really well.  Gavin and Emmett were working on a Lego thing and then Elliott and Emmett were sharing the iPad together. It's moments like this that really help me through…

For whatever reason, the boys have been into Pokemon the past few days.  They have a renewed interest in the collecting cards and the characters.  They've dug out the Pokemon books and have been having Pokemon battling as well. Gavin decided that he needed to make a Pokedex.  He made this out of Legos and he's been using it to help identify all the Pokemon he encounters along his journey.  He gets points for creativity on this one.  Great job Gavin.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

I battled the hoards of people at Walmart this afternoon and I emerged with a cart full of groceries.  I was on time and under budget so I treated myself to one of my guilty pleasures.  Pull'n Peel's and A&W Cream Soda are among my favorite junk foods that I don't get that often. I felt victorious after surviving the craziness of Walmart on a Saturday morning and decided to celebrate a little bit.  Hey, on occasion I deserve it.  :-) Do you have a family friendly guilty pleasure that you would like to share with the class? This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please…

While at my parents house yesterday, Emmett created this bright colorful snowman out of Play-Doh. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Lizze and I actually went to bed early last night.  She had a really hard time sleeping.  About 3am, Emmett comes running into our room screaming because he'd had a nightmare.  He crawled into bed with us and fell asleep snuggling me.  I couldn't get comfortable because I've had this knot in my neck for about a week now and it causing me a great deal of discomfort. It's like a pinched nerve and with Emmett wrapping his arms around me, I just couldn't sleep. Eventually, I moved downstairs to the couch and fell asleep.  However,  Elliott and Emmett both, ended up on the couch with me at some point.  I don't even remember what time that was but there was no sleep after that.  I'm sooooo tired and my…