Re: 's surgery went well/sleeping through the night/Trazodone Oral

[Guest guest]

Hi Cyndi,

Good to hear that 's surgery went well. Is he eating and drinking ok? When

Zeb had his out, it took me weeks to get liquids into him. It was a sip here and

a sip there. I tried to bribe him with slushys and whatever I knew he loved. He

ate nothing and drank little. The recovery was worst than the surgery. It also

took him almost a year to sleep through the night. Now that we are in the teens

he hardly sleeps but he will stay in his room. We also have a new puppy. The dog

is doing well with training but occassionally poops in the house. Between Zeb's

poor aim and the dog I live with a bleach bucket. I am sick of it myself. We

went through a stage that everything went into the toilet. Thankfully, my dh's

cousin is a plumber that lives close by and is free. It had been years since we

had these issues. I was having trouble with one of the toilets and couldn't

figure out what the problem was until Zeb finally told me he flushed a spoon. I

thought this was behind us. We

tried to snake it out but no luck. The plumber cousin needs to remove the

entire toilet from the floor again. Just another day.

Charlyne

Mom to Zeb 14 DS/OCD/ASD?

wrote:

had huge tonsils and adnoids.Yesterday he had surgery to remove

them because they were so big he was getting choked.Last summer he

was to have them out but if you remember he got cellulitis of the

face and head. It has taken him all this time to recover from the

cellulitis.They would not do his surgery until all the swelling in

his head went away.I was reading the message about the our kiddos

not sleeping through the night.I truly believe had sleep apnea

because before he went on Risperidal he would wake up and stay up

for hours.The resperidal helped to mask the apnea but he still

continued to snore and breath strangely.We went for a sleep study

and the Dr. took one or maybe two looks at said I do not

believe we will be able to do a sleep study on him.If they had put

to sleep his breathing would have been different and would have

not gave them a true reading for sleep apnea.Trazodone Oral is an

antidepressant med used to treat a variety of conditions including

depression and other mental/mood disorders.Even suicidal thoughts.

Since is non-verbal I guess he will draw a picture of a hang

man if he is feeling suicidal. is doing okay since his

surgery.Well you have we get tired of cleaning up poop.Today after

we got home from the hospital the dog had pooped on the floor and

sat right in it.I ammmmmmmmmmmm sick,sick,sick, of poop.Have a

geat night everyone. Cyndi Burns

[Guest guest]

<<Trazodone Oral is an

antidepressant med used to treat a variety of conditions including

depression and other mental/mood disorders.Even suicidal thoughts.

Since is non-verbal I guess he will draw a picture of a hang

man if he is feeling suicidal. is doing okay since his >>

Congratulations on the surgery being successful. You must be so relieved. I had

to laugh at the hangman reference because they gave us the same sort of warnings

when tried a couple of SSRIs. I was like... " How the *%$# are we supposed

to know if she's suicidal...like maybe she'll start banging her head on the wall

(which she already does) " We joked that she would start signing that index

finger across the throat thing. Sick I know.

She was on Trazadone for a short period and it did help her sleep but she

started to come to me with her tongue sticking out and handing me a towel. She

wanted me to wipe off her tongue. I thought it was pretty strange till I read

some of the side effects and one was " may leave a metallic taste in your mouth " .

Then she started scraping her tongue along everything and wrapping her hand

around her tongue and pulling like crazy. I suppose we could have waited it out

but we ended up discontinuing it...and the weird tongue stuff stopped right

away. Again- another weird reaction to make all our kids different.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

<<Between Zeb's poor aim and the dog I live with a bleach bucket.>>

Charlyne...I sympathize with the bleach bucket. At least now we only keep it out

for a week or so per month to deal with the period problem (more like a peroxide

bucket actually). But it can get really gross.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

Charlyne,Yes, thank goodnes he started eating and drinking the day

after his surgery.They kept overnight the day of his surgery

and filled him with IV fluids.Wed he ate mashed potatoes,sweet

potatoes,macaroni and cheese, and sweet tea.Wed night he did not

sleep all night but we was quite as a mouse.Oh gosh your poor dear

Zeb did not sleep through the night for a year? Oh I hope this does

not continue for .New puppy, let me say it for Dr. Phil, " What

were you thinkin " ?Ha Ha .My dog that I had for 16 yr past away last

month but we still have my daughter's dog.I am not replacing any

pets.No No.Oh and of course I have a cat that I got after my mother

past away 5 yrs ago for my dad.But of course he did not want it even

though he loves cats.When there gone, there gone.No more. is not

flushing things but who knows at any time that could start.Your

lucky that you have a plumber I would be out of luck.Did you once

say that Zeb used to STop,drop, and flop but he stopped doing this?

At what age? Cyndi Burns

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> Hi Cyndi,

> Good to hear that 's surgery went well. Is he eating and

drinking ok? When Zeb had his out, it took me weeks to get liquids

into him. It was a sip here and a sip there. I tried to bribe him

with slushys and whatever I knew he loved. He ate nothing and drank

little. The recovery was worst than the surgery. It also took him

almost a year to sleep through the night. Now that we are in the

teens he hardly sleeps but he will stay in his room. We also have a

new puppy. The dog is doing well with training but occassionally

poops in the house. Between Zeb's poor aim and the dog I live with a

bleach bucket. I am sick of it myself. We went through a stage that

everything went into the toilet. Thankfully, my dh's cousin is a

plumber that lives close by and is free. It had been years since we

had these issues. I was having trouble with one of the toilets and

couldn't figure out what the problem was until Zeb finally told me

he flushed a spoon. I thought this was behind us. We

> tried to snake it out but no luck. The plumber cousin needs to

remove the entire toilet from the floor again. Just another day.

> Charlyne

> Mom to Zeb 14 DS/OCD/ASD?

>

> wrote:

> had huge tonsils and adnoids.Yesterday he had

surgery to remove

> them because they were so big he was getting choked.Last summer he

> was to have them out but if you remember he got cellulitis of the

> face and head. It has taken him all this time to recover from the

> cellulitis.They would not do his surgery until all the swelling in

> his head went away.I was reading the message about the our kiddos

> not sleeping through the night.I truly believe had sleep

apnea

> because before he went on Risperidal he would wake up and stay up

> for hours.The resperidal helped to mask the apnea but he still

> continued to snore and breath strangely.We went for a sleep study

> and the Dr. took one or maybe two looks at said I do not

> believe we will be able to do a sleep study on him.If they had put

> to sleep his breathing would have been different and would

have

> not gave them a true reading for sleep apnea.Trazodone Oral is an

> antidepressant med used to treat a variety of conditions including

> depression and other mental/mood disorders.Even suicidal thoughts.

> Since is non-verbal I guess he will draw a picture of a hang

> man if he is feeling suicidal. is doing okay since his

> surgery.Well you have we get tired of cleaning up poop.Today after

> we got home from the hospital the dog had pooped on the floor and

> sat right in it.I ammmmmmmmmmmm sick,sick,sick, of poop.Have

a

> geat night everyone. Cyndi Burns

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[Guest guest]

Sherry,Relief that surgery went well, and thanks.I have heard

horro stories about tonsil's/adnoids.The index finger across the

throat is funny.Not sick we have to have some kind of " sick humor "

in our stressful situations.Otherwise we might go nuts. has

never taken trazodone someone in our group wanted to know what it

was. takes Risperidone, and Trileptal for agressions.Let the

professionals figure out if our kinds are suicidal since they were

so good and the dual dx thing.Ya right.Well Sherry I am glad she was

able to demonstrate that the medicine did indead bother her

tongue.Our kids may be non-verbal but at least we sometimes get some

kind of sign on what there needs are.Sherry thanks for making me

laugh.Does she take any meds now? Cyndi B

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> <<Trazodone Oral is an

> antidepressant med used to treat a variety of conditions including

> depression and other mental/mood disorders.Even suicidal thoughts.

> Since is non-verbal I guess he will draw a picture of a hang

> man if he is feeling suicidal. is doing okay since his >>

>

> Congratulations on the surgery being successful. You must be so

relieved. I had to laugh at the hangman reference because they gave

us the same sort of warnings when tried a couple of SSRIs. I

was like... " How the *%$# are we supposed to know if she's

suicidal...like maybe she'll start banging her head on the wall

(which she already does) " We joked that she would start signing that

index finger across the throat thing. Sick I know.

> She was on Trazadone for a short period and it did help her sleep

but she started to come to me with her tongue sticking out and

handing me a towel. She wanted me to wipe off her tongue. I thought

it was pretty strange till I read some of the side effects and one

was " may leave a metallic taste in your mouth " . Then she started

scraping her tongue along everything and wrapping her hand around

her tongue and pulling like crazy. I suppose we could have waited it

out but we ended up discontinuing it...and the weird tongue stuff

stopped right away. Again- another weird reaction to make all our

kids different.

> Sherry

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[Guest guest]

Sherry, I cannot imagine what that would be like.You really have your

hands full.Have you ever considered pills that would keep her from her

period? Cyndi

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> <<Between Zeb's poor aim and the dog I live with a bleach bucket.>>

>

> Charlyne...I sympathize with the bleach bucket. At least now we only

keep it out for a week or so per month to deal with the period problem

(more like a peroxide bucket actually). But it can get really gross.

> Sherry

>

>

[Guest guest]

<<Does she take any meds now? Cyndi B>>

Hi Cyndi...sorry I thought your little one was taking Trazadone. just

takes clonidine for sleep now. But we're looking into new meds for her GI

problems. The problem is she barely tolerates anything we give her....always a

reaction. BTW we also thought maybe a " sign " for pointing a gun to her head

might be the " suicidal sign " . LOL.

<<Have you ever considered pills that would keep her from her

period? Cyndi>>

Oh boy we've tried almost everything over the years. She got worse on BC pills,

and we're afraid to give her something more longlasting as it would then be even

more of a problem to discontinue. She's just started again with the aggression

and PMS...hope it doesn't last too long. It's worse than the blood mess.

(actually WE are the ones with the blood mess with all her scratching and

hitting).

Oh well, I know you all have your own special set of problems with boys (he he)

Sherry

[Guest guest]

Sherry, Sorry it took me so long to respond.I was not on the group

over the weekend. It seems like the Drs.'s should be able to come up

with something to help you. Cyndi B

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> <<Does she take any meds now? Cyndi B>>

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> Hi Cyndi...sorry I thought your little one was taking Trazadone.

just takes clonidine for sleep now. But we're looking into new

meds for her GI problems. The problem is she barely tolerates

anything we give her....always a reaction. BTW we also thought maybe

a " sign " for pointing a gun to her head might be the " suicidal

sign " . LOL.

>

> <<Have you ever considered pills that would keep her from her

> period? Cyndi>>

>

> Oh boy we've tried almost everything over the years. She got worse

on BC pills, and we're afraid to give her something more longlasting

as it would then be even more of a problem to discontinue. She's

just started again with the aggression and PMS...hope it doesn't

last too long. It's worse than the blood mess. (actually WE are the

ones with the blood mess with all her scratching and hitting).

>

> Oh well, I know you all have your own special set of problems with

boys (he he)

> Sherry

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