Re: Too much drama

[Guest guest]

Oh, geez, ! It seems like there has been a full moon out by you lately!

Here's hoping things quiet down for all of you.

Liz

Too much drama

It has been a while since I said much. Mostly been lurking lately

with a comment here and there. But a lot has been going on in our

lives besides rising gas prices (which I hate) and tv shows (which I

love). This is very long and I apologize for that. Just gotta get it

out!

When we first took Janie (8 - DS/PDD-NOS+) off abilify and put her on

trileptal for seizures/aggression and clonidine her aggression became

much less intense for a couple weeks. Since then it has increased to

unbearable and dangerous to herself and others. Finally, during our

teleconference on Monday her psychiatrist witnessed the intensity and

frequency her aggressive acts have reached and I don't know what she

said when she called the crisis center (again), but they sent someone

out to our house a few hours later. They called in the " fast team " so

someone was here until 11 PM that night even though Janie went to

sleep about 9:30 (an hour and a half later than usual). They will

help us with exactly the kinds of resources and therapies I have been

searching for since last year. Tomorrow we have a meeting to set up a

schedule, etc. Also, we are eliminating the clonidine which never has

seemed to help Janie and starting her on geodon.

I am not really crazy about the idea of trying another atypical

antipsychotic, but the psychiatrist thinks it is the best thing to

try. Janie had very bad reactions to risperdal and seroquel. Abilify

was losing effectiveness fast. We will see how the geodon goes. We

will be starting out by giving her benedryl with a very low dose just

in case she freaks out like she did on seroquel. Wish us luck!

At the same time, the trucking company my husband worked for went out

of business because the truck drivers were making more than the

company. So he is off work and unemployment just does not cut it as

far as paying the bills. So that stinks!

Last month Katelyn (11 - ADHD/depression/OCD) lost her medical

coverage because our income was too high. Next month, fortunately,

she can get the same coverage as Medicaid for $15 per month so she

can get back into counseling. Today she got sent home from school

with pink eye and she can't return to school until it's treated and I

don't know where to get money for the doctor or medicine.

Since this is not enough, one of my adult daughters has to get a

restraining order against her live in boyfriend's ex-girlfriend who

is accusing her of kidnapping their son who just happens to live with

my daughter and bf about 80% of the time. This is because the ex-gf

asked the bf to pick up their son from school on " her day " because

she couldn't make it and bf asked my daughter to do it because he was

working. She picks up my grandson every day from the same school and

has picked up this kid many many times before. Anyway, the ex-gf

verbally attacked my daughter at the school to the point that after

asking her 3 times to back away from her car she finally called 911

because the woman was really getting out of control and becoming

potentially violent. She is very mentally unstable and has these

rages in front of anyone who happens to be around including her 8-yr-

old son. She has an unstable relationship with an unstable, gang type

guy who has threatened to harm several of her relatives, also

including the little boy, when they get in fights. I feel like I have

to report this to CPS because I (and my daughter) are worried about

the boy's safety and mental health. Daughter has been in this

relationship for 5 years and the ex has gone psychotic in this way

many times. When she gets this way she will call them all hours of

the night and day like every 5 minutes until someone picks up the

phone so she can rage at them. Daughter's bf does not seem to have

the b__ls to take legal action to protect his son so it makes for a

pretty uncomfortable situation.

When I was driving home from Monday's teleconference Janie was

screaming in the seat behind me and the boy and my grandkids were in

the 3rd row seat. The out of control woman was screaming so loud into

my daughter's cell phone that I could hardly hear Janie screaming and

I was trying to talk to Janie's psychiatrist on my cell phone about

her phone call with Janie's neuro. Can you blame me for popping a

zanax when I got home??? If you read all this, thank you, and if not,

that's ok too.

P.

[Guest guest]

Hi ~ I can relate too! I hope Janie gets on the " right " meds soon and

that it's not too hard to find the right ones. We have an appt on June 12 with

a new behaviorsl/psychiatrist to help us manage meds with Dylan, things have

been really difficult with him lately too, and of course he can't tell us what

is wrong. He's actually on Abilify too, and I'm wondering if it's lost it's

effectiveness. Yelling and grunting all of the time, and being more aggressive

than ever before - not terrible, but has shoved me a few times and tells me he

wants to scratch daddy's head when he is mad at him - which at least he's

communicating that to me!! (he was scratched by an angry child at school once,

and now I think he thinks that's what he should do when he's mad).

Good luck with everything else in your life too - sounds like a mess with the

situation your daughter is in & the psycho ex-gf - I hope it can be resolved

soon, sounds like she might not be a great parent, maybe if there is

intervention the child can get a chance at a good life.

Take care!

Becky

mom to Dylan, 12, DS/ASD, diabetes

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In a message dated 5/25/2007 11:40:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

pastmidvale@... writes:

Home treatment for pink eye

Another treatment (which worked quickly for me) is to mix honey with some

water and use it as an eye wash. Doesn't taste too bad if it drips into the

mouth either

I also washed my eyes by pouring it over my eyes (and blinking) in the

shower. There is some bacteria in the honey kills the conjunctivitis germ.

Blessings, W

homeschooling Mom to AJ (12), (9), ^l^, (5,

Trisomy 18 mosaic AKA 's syndrome) and Birgitta (age 4, adoption

finalized 2/1/05 !!, Trisomy 21 AKA Down's Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,

Autism, SID)

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In a message dated 5/25/2007 3:25:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

stamtorch@... writes:

I also washed my eyes by pouring it over my eyes (and blinking) in the

shower. There is some bacteria in the honey kills the conjunctivitis germ.

oh man, now every time I put honey in my herbal teas I will be thinking of

pink eye! lol

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

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Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons..*************

Today she got sent home from school > with pink eye and she can't return to

school until it's treated and I > don't know where to get money for the doctor

or medicine. *************Home treatment for pink eye - mix salt in water - 1

tsp to 8 oz of water. Wash out eye - pour the saline from the nose side of her

eye out with her head tilted so the saline runs back towards her ear. Do this

several times (every hour if she will let you) . Also, a wet tea bag held on

the eye will also help clear the infection. The bacteria in pink eye is

transmitted by dirty hands, so make sure she doesn't touch her eye AND use a

very small, easy to wash towel until she is better. I usually give my family a

washcloth to dry their hands and face - one each time they need it. That way

they are not putting the infection back in their eye.**************

And KAREN - a big hug for a horrible day!!!!> > > > > [Non-text portions of this

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[Guest guest]

Oh you sound like you have a plateful and no I dont blame you the

xanax was prescribed to you for a reason, I take Klonipin its a

narcotic but if I dont take it I cant deal with the stress levels I go

thru the have dxed me with severe general anxiety disorder and the meds

do help alot hang in there your doing great. Hugs Laurie

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In a message dated 5/25/2007 3:31:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Csvillars@... writes:

oh man, now every time I put honey in my herbal teas I will be thinking of

pink eye! lol

+JMJ+

Sorry, Carol !!!!!

Blessings, W

homeschooling Mom to AJ (12), (9), ^l^, (5,

Trisomy 18 mosaic AKA 's syndrome) and Birgitta (age 4, adoption

finalized 2/1/05 !!, Trisomy 21 AKA Down's Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,

Autism, SID)

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In a message dated 5/25/2007 4:18:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

stamtorch@... writes:

Sorry, Carol !!!!!

well it could have been worse you could have been talking about putting

honey on athlete's feet. lol

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

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[Guest guest]

Wow ,

You have a lot on your plate! I hope things get better for all of you involved.

Isn't it sad that you have to get to a point of absolutely intense crisis beore

anyone will come to your aid? It is like the stalkers who can't be touched

until it is too late. Gled to know that you are getting some help though. I

pop a Xanax every now and then as well. I think it just goes with the

territory. I hate being on medication but I also love my family and want to

enjoy the moments I can. If that means some meds now and then, so be it!

Sending prayers and hugs your way!

Holly

Too much drama

It has been a while since I said much. Mostly been lurking lately

with a comment here and there. But a lot has been going on in our

lives besides rising gas prices (which I hate) and tv shows (which I

love). This is very long and I apologize for that. Just gotta get it

out!

When we first took Janie (8 - DS/PDD-NOS+) off abilify and put her on

trileptal for seizures/aggression and clonidine her aggression became

much less intense for a couple weeks. Since then it has increased to

unbearable and dangerous to herself and others. Finally, during our

teleconference on Monday her psychiatrist witnessed the intensity and

frequency her aggressive acts have reached and I don't know what she

said when she called the crisis center (again), but they sent someone

out to our house a few hours later. They called in the " fast team " so

someone was here until 11 PM that night even though Janie went to

sleep about 9:30 (an hour and a half later than usual). They will

help us with exactly the kinds of resources and therapies I have been

searching for since last year. Tomorrow we have a meeting to set up a

schedule, etc. Also, we are eliminating the clonidine which never has

seemed to help Janie and starting her on geodon.

I am not really crazy about the idea of trying another atypical

antipsychotic, but the psychiatrist thinks it is the best thing to

try. Janie had very bad reactions to risperdal and seroquel. Abilify

was losing effectiveness fast. We will see how the geodon goes. We

will be starting out by giving her benedryl with a very low dose just

in case she freaks out like she did on seroquel. Wish us luck!

At the same time, the trucking company my husband worked for went out

of business because the truck drivers were making more than the

company. So he is off work and unemployment just does not cut it as

far as paying the bills. So that stinks!

Last month Katelyn (11 - ADHD/depression/OCD) lost her medical

coverage because our income was too high. Next month, fortunately,

she can get the same coverage as Medicaid for $15 per month so she

can get back into counseling. Today she got sent home from school

with pink eye and she can't return to school until it's treated and I

don't know where to get money for the doctor or medicine.

Since this is not enough, one of my adult daughters has to get a

restraining order against her live in boyfriend's ex-girlfriend who

is accusing her of kidnapping their son who just happens to live with

my daughter and bf about 80% of the time. This is because the ex-gf

asked the bf to pick up their son from school on " her day " because

she couldn't make it and bf asked my daughter to do it because he was

working. She picks up my grandson every day from the same school and

has picked up this kid many many times before. Anyway, the ex-gf

verbally attacked my daughter at the school to the point that after

asking her 3 times to back away from her car she finally called 911

because the woman was really getting out of control and becoming

potentially violent. She is very mentally unstable and has these

rages in front of anyone who happens to be around including her 8-yr-

old son. She has an unstable relationship with an unstable, gang type

guy who has threatened to harm several of her relatives, also

including the little boy, when they get in fights. I feel like I have

to report this to CPS because I (and my daughter) are worried about

the boy's safety and mental health. Daughter has been in this

relationship for 5 years and the ex has gone psychotic in this way

many times. When she gets this way she will call them all hours of

the night and day like every 5 minutes until someone picks up the

phone so she can rage at them. Daughter's bf does not seem to have

the b__ls to take legal action to protect his son so it makes for a

pretty uncomfortable situation.

When I was driving home from Monday's teleconference Janie was

screaming in the seat behind me and the boy and my grandkids were in

the 3rd row seat. The out of control woman was screaming so loud into

my daughter's cell phone that I could hardly hear Janie screaming and

I was trying to talk to Janie's psychiatrist on my cell phone about

her phone call with Janie's neuro. Can you blame me for popping a

zanax when I got home??? If you read all this, thank you, and if not,

that's ok too.

P.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yikes, cup runneth over! I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and

prayers.

Charlyne

Mom to Zeb 14 DS/OCD/ASD?

mzdaisee47 wrote:

It has been a while since I said much. Mostly been lurking lately

with a comment here and there. But a lot has been going on in our

lives besides rising gas prices (which I hate) and tv shows (which I

love). This is very long and I apologize for that. Just gotta get it

out!

When we first took Janie (8 – DS/PDD-NOS+) off abilify and put her on

trileptal for seizures/aggression and clonidine her aggression became

much less intense for a couple weeks. Since then it has increased to

unbearable and dangerous to herself and others. Finally, during our

teleconference on Monday her psychiatrist witnessed the intensity and

frequency her aggressive acts have reached and I don't know what she

said when she called the crisis center (again), but they sent someone

out to our house a few hours later. They called in the " fast team " so

someone was here until 11 PM that night even though Janie went to

sleep about 9:30 (an hour and a half later than usual). They will

help us with exactly the kinds of resources and therapies I have been

searching for since last year. Tomorrow we have a meeting to set up a

schedule, etc. Also, we are eliminating the clonidine which never has

seemed to help Janie and starting her on geodon.

I am not really crazy about the idea of trying another atypical

antipsychotic, but the psychiatrist thinks it is the best thing to

try. Janie had very bad reactions to risperdal and seroquel. Abilify

was losing effectiveness fast. We will see how the geodon goes. We

will be starting out by giving her benedryl with a very low dose just

in case she freaks out like she did on seroquel. Wish us luck!

At the same time, the trucking company my husband worked for went out

of business because the truck drivers were making more than the

company. So he is off work and unemployment just does not cut it as

far as paying the bills. So that stinks!

Last month Katelyn (11 – ADHD/depression/OCD) lost her medical

coverage because our income was too high. Next month, fortunately,

she can get the same coverage as Medicaid for $15 per month so she

can get back into counseling. Today she got sent home from school

with pink eye and she can't return to school until it's treated and I

don't know where to get money for the doctor or medicine.

Since this is not enough, one of my adult daughters has to get a

restraining order against her live in boyfriend's ex-girlfriend who

is accusing her of kidnapping their son who just happens to live with

my daughter and bf about 80% of the time. This is because the ex-gf

asked the bf to pick up their son from school on " her day " because

she couldn't make it and bf asked my daughter to do it because he was

working. She picks up my grandson every day from the same school and

has picked up this kid many many times before. Anyway, the ex-gf

verbally attacked my daughter at the school to the point that after

asking her 3 times to back away from her car she finally called 911

because the woman was really getting out of control and becoming

potentially violent. She is very mentally unstable and has these

rages in front of anyone who happens to be around including her 8-yr-

old son. She has an unstable relationship with an unstable, gang type

guy who has threatened to harm several of her relatives, also

including the little boy, when they get in fights. I feel like I have

to report this to CPS because I (and my daughter) are worried about

the boy's safety and mental health. Daughter has been in this

relationship for 5 years and the ex has gone psychotic in this way

many times. When she gets this way she will call them all hours of

the night and day like every 5 minutes until someone picks up the

phone so she can rage at them. Daughter's bf does not seem to have

the b__ls to take legal action to protect his son so it makes for a

pretty uncomfortable situation.

When I was driving home from Monday's teleconference Janie was

screaming in the seat behind me and the boy and my grandkids were in

the 3rd row seat. The out of control woman was screaming so loud into

my daughter's cell phone that I could hardly hear Janie screaming and

I was trying to talk to Janie's psychiatrist on my cell phone about

her phone call with Janie's neuro. Can you blame me for popping a

zanax when I got home??? If you read all this, thank you, and if not,

that's ok too.

P.

[Guest guest]

<< I take Klonipin its a

narcotic but if I dont take it I cant deal with the stress levels >>

Klonopin is NOT a narcotic; it's a benzodiazepin tranq like valium or xanex.

And it's one of the least addictive.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

, PS on the Klonopin Laurie mentioned. We have friends with a dtr w/ autism

who is very violent and huge....they recently were given an rx for klonopin to

give her only when one of these episodes occurs....not all the time. (She's on

other meds too but they also are having a diificult time finding the right

combo) Mom and dad say the klonopin has been a lifesaver....it calms her right

down and she usually goes to sleep. Not something you want to do all the time

but for those emergency type rages it's something to consider. We used to carry

valium with us when going on a car trip with when she was little as she

would sometimes go ballistic when caught in a traffic jam with cars on both

sides...or wait! maybe that was my husband. Just kidding. Maybe you could ask

about it as a temporary measure.

Sherry

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