Mike

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Hello Mike

I sure do hope that you get to feeling better soon. Hope that all the tests go well for you.

Yes I have a diagnosis for Tyler--ADHD and ODD. He is on Adderall 17.5 mgs per day and Clonindine .10 mgs 1/2 to 1 tablet per day.

Every since he was a baby he can not tolerate loud noises, hence I cannot go to fireworks, an outdoor concert etc. Even with earplugs he screams and carries on something awful. I came across something on the Internet quite by accident a while back and have been doing some reading on it and I think I have zeroed in on something. It is call Aspergers. I am going to ask the psyc. dr. Thursday about this as he has a med review then. I applied for SS for him and was turned down so now I have a lawyer for the appeal as he said the laws for kids have changed drastically. I talked to him the other day and he is going to send me the name of a specialist for Aspergers as one of his friends has a child with that. The more I read about it the more I think that I am right. He told me that if I could get that diagnosis then that would be a lot better off for Tyler in the long run. I do not have a hearing date however it takes 14 mos. from the time you file for the hearing till you get one. I am looking at March 05. Hopefully this lawyer can push them on it.

Gail is doing OK however, I don't think that she is back on line yet as I have not gotten anything from her.

Tyler had a game today and they won 19-14 They are 4-3 which is great. He has improved so much since he started playing this season. He really likes it and that is all that counts I guess, He wants to play Pop Warner football but he does not weigh enough yet so he will have to wait another year. He only weighs 40 lb. and needs to weigh 45 lb.. I did not even bother to sign him up because if at weigh ins he is not the right weight he can not play and I loose my money. He can wait another year. He also wanted to play basketball for the youth dept. here but he has to be 10 and he is only going to be 8 so he has to wait another 2 years for that.

I will be glad when Thursday comes for the med review. Talked to his teacher the other night and she told me he has gone down hill in the past couple of weeks. I just don't want him to get into that rut and not get out of it.He got out of control Thursday when we got back from his school. The kids all did a poem or a short story and put it into a book form. It was from 6:30-7:30 I read his and some of his friends books and then he went outside because his one friends Mom wanted to take pictures of him and his friends together and then he played with a couple of his other friends and we came home. I left the school before 7:30 and he flipped out on me when we got home, I was wrong for leaving and all that good stuff. Then he refused to take his meds that he takes before bedtime and got to screaming hitting and punching me so I had to restrain him and for the meds into him. Well needless to say I caught the blunt end of that and got punched good and then he spit at me. I can take just about anything but not the spitting and I just don't know why but I can't stand to be spit on or at. He got popped for that and then refused to go to bed, I know I am in for a show down or stand off when he crosses his arms in front of him. He stayed like that for over 40 mins. and then got mad because I would not give him a snack before he went to bed. I was making him go hungry and all that good stuff. So I told him he made the choice to waste time and stood with his arms crossed for so long that he should have thought about being hungry instead of being defiant. The ODD part is a very hard part for me to handle because of the violent outbursts and such that goes along with the disorder. I am afraid that one of these days I am going to loose my temper with him and get my self into trouble.Will let you go from the soap opera and sure do hope again that you are feeling better soon.

Take care

Dorothy