The weekend was a stark reminder of life before medication and was consequently hard work! However Boy Wonder managed to hold down a game of football without too much difficulty but dance afterwards proved to be too much and his concentration spam waned significantly.
Saturday afternoon was spent at home, baking and playing on the computer. Grandparents babysat in the evening whilst Superman and I went out with friends for a short while. The brief description of how Boy Wonder behaved 'he's been a bloody bugger!' made us smile but was probably quite accurate!
Superman took Boy Wonder on a long bike ride on Sunday and we implemented the evening exercises. In short Boy Wonder was highly energetic, impulsive yet happy. It was nice to have a change from anxiety and aggression but by Sunday evening we were exhausted.
One significant positive has already arisen in that Boy Wonder is falling to sleep at a reasonable time and sleeping through the night. This has happened for two nights in a row and although its early days, is the first time that he has ever slept for more than a few hours.
The school mornings so far have been easier than anticipated with Boy Wonder not really becoming too excitable until leaving for school. However, school itself has been a whole different ball game. Boy Wonder has struggled from start to finish. Lots of movement breaks, time out and reassurance required on day one, moving to no assembly's or play times on day two due to not being able cope with the other children. Hitting out, jumping all over the other children and generally be over aroused by the environment meant that more time has been spent out of the classroom than in it.
Although Monday evening was fairly settled, this evening was difficult. Boy Wonder fought , shouted and seemed to struggle with any sort of demand. He eventually settled at Ju Jitsu but during training he got kicked in the face and ended up with a bloody nose!
So far it has been a testing time but the one feeling it the most is our boy and we are determined not to lose sight of that. The side effects to the medication have not only instigated weight loss but quite possibly contributed to the heightened agitation. Despite the recent difficulties, Boy Wonder does seem happier and that is worth it's weight in gold. His presentation is also allowing us to pin point the difficulties with greater ease and providing opportunities to put in strategies to help him. And that can only be a positive thing.
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