I’m really grateful for today

We had a pretty decent day here in The Autism Dad household. There were some hiccups, but I want to focus on the positive tonight. I was grateful to be able to get my walk in this morning. The park was closed this, but the track was still open. I'm not sure why it was closed to traffic, but I think it had to do with flooding. The kids hung out with Lizze's parents today while I took her to her appointments. When she was done, we picked up a late lunch and headed back home. When the kids got home, I promised them a bonfire, and that's what we did. We cooked some hotdogs and burnt more of the cut up tree. It was fun, and I took advantage…

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Is this an adverse reaction to his antidepressant?

Emmett's been on Prozac for about a week or so now, and I noticed something today that I'm a bit concerned about. Frankly, I'm not sure why I didn't connect the dots sooner. Anyway, I've been noticing a significant increase in Emmett's energy levels. At first, I thought we might have to revisit his Adderall dose because his dose is very low. Today, however, it occurred to me that this may be related to going on Prozac. One of the ways that Bipolar is first noticed, especially in children is if they are put on an antidepressant. Use of antidepressants can cause someone who's Bipolar to swing into a manic phase. This is how we first became aware of Gavin having Bipolar disorder when he was little. This isn't an…

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What is it about Monday’s

What is it about Monday's? They always seem to be awful, and I find myself hating them on a fairly frequent basis. I kept waking up all throughout the night because of a blinding headache. I sort of remember waking up in pain, before trying to go back to sleep. It was a rough night, and I even went to bed early last night. What I can say is that I'm very grateful that my leg didn't bother me last night. If I hadn't been dealing with the headache, I might have actually had a great nights sleep. Anyway, I was up at 7 AM and out the door to go walking. I really, really like when that works out. I'd much rather go to bed earlier and get up…

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Holy Sh!t, this doesn’t happen very often

Lizze is not having a good day. Frankly, she's not had a really good day in a while. She's back in bed, and thankfully, the boys are playing nicely together. All three of the kids playing nicely together, doesn't happen very often at all. That in and of itself feels like a victory. I'm thinking that we might have another bonfire tonight. It's supposed to storm, but if it doesn't, the kids will have fun. It's pretty hot and very humid again today, and that could also put a damper on things. The way I see it is that even if we get it going for a little while, the kids still get to have fun and not just be stuck in the house. Lizze will probably opt out of…

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I don’t know how people worse off deal with it

I've not talked about this, but lately, I've been struggling with restless leg at night. It's mostly my left leg, and if you've never experienced restless leg, it's indescribable. For me, at least, it doesn't hurt, but it gets to the point where I want to cut my leg off. My Mom has struggled with this forever, and it's awful for her. Lizze has been living with this off and on for as long as I've known her. I don't think I have it nearly as bad as my Mom, Lizze or many others for that matter but it's bad enough that I can't sleep, I punch my leg in a desperate attempt to stop the feeling that keeps building up, and I get to the point that I honestly…

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We’re getting concerned about our oldest son

We're noticing some concerning/weird things coming from Gavin. In a nutshell, he's using incorrect words when speaking, cursing, seriously struggling with following direction, as well as with his already limited problem-solving skills. We'll take these one at a time. When Gavin is speaking to us, he is using incorrect words for what he's trying to say. The issue is that this mismatched wordage actually changes the meaning of what he's saying. As an example, Gavin will come up to me and tell me something like, hey Dad; I didn't collect the recycling. I'll repeat it back to him to make sure I heard him correctly, and he confirms I didn't collect the recycling. The keyword here is didn't. What he's trying to tell me is that he did collect the…

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The house shook and the windows rattled

I'm going to make this quick because we're currently binging Stranger Things 3 and it's very late. We made the best of our day today and ended up having our bonfire. It went well, and the kids had a great evening. The neighborhood was pretty quiet this afternoon, and we felt it was safe enough to spend some time outside. 😀 One of the goals was to burn through some of the cut up tree that was left from the storm damage last year. We cooked hotdogs, sausage, and smores before we retreated into the air conditioning. It was crazy hot and insanely humid. The kids went to bed on time, but that didn't last long because the same idiots who blew out my neighbors windows last year with their…

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