Please Tell Me It Gets Better

[tinker12]

Well, I don't think it was a good idea to give him his cough med last night. He didn't go to sleep until 10 and was back up at 2 and 3 and then finally slept til 6:30. I did up his dose and he did great this morning. I stayed home with him today. We went to town and ran errands like 5 or 6 places. I have never been able to do this with him. He even tried on shoes at the shoe store for me. We went to Captain D's and he actually ate his lunch. I had bought him these Spider Man UNO cards while were out and we came home about 11:00 and he started plating with them, he didn't stop for 6 hours! He just sorted them and sorted them and sorted them! It is totally freaking me out! He didn't stop until I offered to let him get on the computer with me. He says his stomache hurts all the time and he just looks sad today and I can't stand it. This whole week has been up and down. One min he is happy and then the next he is sad. I have a hard time judgung his behavior today because I don't think he feels good. I gave him his cough medicine early today and his cough is almost gone. Please tell me this will get better? If this is the right med for him how long will it take him to even out? Am I not patient enuf or what? The 10 mg made him more edgy and the 20 mg was great this morning but worse this afternoon. I feel like I'm losing it Help!!!!!

[Linda]

:)IMHO I would think he would start to even out.Playing with his cardsfor 6 hours was hyperfocusing. I would put a call into the Doc or nurse....there are many meds to work with and I would think that these moods swings are not a good thing.

Are things better today?

[finnmom]

Each kid is different, so it could still be adjusting Write all this down(because you`lll not remeber all this at the doc´s office) and show it to you doc, there are lot other option´s too, if this one is not wot´rking for him. Good luck

[Amsmom]

honey, it will get better. whether he stablizes on this medicine or another, it will happen. it would have been hard to convince me of that when my ds9 was going thru his med trial and errors, but it did happen. it will for you too.

[AnneM]

tinker ... I agree with the others ... you WILL get there ! By the way cough medicine (or anything with a decongestant) is a no-no if your child is on stims... I learned this the hard way when my son was 13 and I gave him some cough medicine and he was up until 1.00 a.m. saying "My brain just will not settle down and I hate this feeling" ... apparently decongestants make them VERY hyperactive ....

But back to whether it will get better .... YES it will ... My other advice to you would be not to be in too much of a hurry right now ... your son is VERY young .... you have plenty of time to think about medications and what suits him best as he gets older ... and you have definitely recognised it very early on .... this is positive and just remember you have "plenty of time" to get it right ...