Okay, okay. I didn't post at all in two months. I'll recap some things, at least as far as the ADHD goes.
- G won the "Most Improved Reader" award for his class at the end of first grade. I got teary at the assembly.
- I took both kids and my mother-in-law to the beach for a week. The tired-boys part was awesome. Putt-putt in the evening when they had no coping skills, not so much.
- I rode across the country in the front seat of a CRV, navigating for my mom, the driver, and hanging out with G in the backseat. We saw the Gateway Arch, "Rount Mushmore", Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and the Great Salt Lake. It was two weeks of travel, and I loved it.
- Halfway across the country, I called my husband to tell him to bring the Focalin when he came out to California to meet us. We were trying to up the Intuniv, which made G sleepy. He slept through most of Yellowstone! (We were probably lucky- some of the overlooks were sheer drop-offs; we might have lost him at one of them.) So we took him off the meds altogether.
- Yes, half of my trip across the country was with G unmedicated. If alcohol didn't screw with MY medicine, I would've been drinking cosmos each evening. But he was awake and enthusiastic!
- Once arriving in California, my husband arrived with Focalin. Back to 10mg Focalin XR in the morning, plus melatonin and 1 mg Intuniv at bedtime. Best we can hope for.
Its been a great summer. Grand adventures, and of course, more to come in the months ahead. I was just rereading the May entry that is the last post before this one. G still has a dark grey mark where he stabbed himself with the pencil. Really? Really.
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