[i-candi]

DS has his psychologist appointment and OMG she was soooo happy with DS and the change in him is amazing.

His whole attitude has changed and he is so much more positive and making better choices at school etc.

One proud and happy mum here


Got his first high school report today and it was very very very good !!!!!

We are all in need of holidays here.

[HillmanMinx]

One proud and happy mum here

and rightly so

Today I didn't see much of Ellie as I was busy, but I know she had a bad day with her anxiety and mood, from my few interactions with her. Poor chook.

gotta fly but reading along

[Mrs.Brown]

Hi girls

Forgive me if I am terrible at acknowledging everyones posts, Im terrible at trying to read everything then post.

Angela, thats very interesting about your DD's blood test results. I wonder if indeed the thyroid problem is contributing to her anxiety? I havnt heard of this before. Im now wondering if Abbey should have hers looked at.

abcangel123, Im so peased that you have a good counsellor, thats great news. I really feel that our kids can move forward if we find good therapists that are prepared to actually listen, and not look at us like we are neorotic (sp) or something. I hope this lady can make a huge difference in your childs life.

icandi, you sound so happy with your sons progress Whoo Hoo!! and fantastic that his 1st highschool report was great, it really seems like he is on the up and I bet there is no better feeling for both of you

Hello and waves to everyone else. My computer is playing up and wont load the previous page for me to reply to the other posts. I need a new computer but alas thanks to a new car that wont be happening for a while yet.

Things going OK here atm. Today was the 1st day of the school hols and apart from being quite hyper DD has been great. She even coped well at the playground at the park today that was super crowded, I was in shock that she did so well! She had a few moments when kids were behind her on the slide, you could see the fear on her face but she moved on from it, instead of freaking out. Amazing!

I got a call from CAMHS yesterday doing a phone triage on Abbey to see exactly what the problems are, and to let me know how long the wait will be to be seen. She will get seen in July, but they still recommend her seeing the private psyc, which we are in just over 2 weeks in the interim.
The appt in July is for her to be seen by the top dude, who will actually give an official MI dx, that will enable us to know where to go from there. I didnt know this was the procedure and Im happy that we will be seeing someone high up.

The triage guy also told me NOT to listen to the paeds advice to take away the pull ups from Abbey with her poo problems. He said that is the worse thing we can do as it can cause all sorts of medical issues, which we have been thru before. He was also stunned that not one person has recommended Abbey seeing a continence nurse. So another appt to make. but this guy seemed to know what he was talking about, its about time.

Well thats it for now. Abbey wants to stay up until 10pm . I have told her only if she is quiet and watches a movie, and only if she sleeps in. Mmmmm.

Chat soon

Laura xo

[HillmanMinx]

Laura my eyes are bleary as I've been changing meds so I've only half taken in your post and will re read later and reply properly. I did want to say that if you get Abbeys bloods checked, specifically ask them to do the extra thyroid tests at the same time. When doing full bloods, they do check thyroid, but only one part, you have to get the doc to get all thyroid aspects tested on that test. Its worth it as the blood will be there to test, so they may as well rule it out

She will get seen in July, but they still recommend her seeing the private psyc, which we are in just over 2 weeks in the interim.
The appt in July is for her to be seen by the top dude, who will actually give an official MI dx, that will enable us to know where to go from there. I didnt know this was the procedure and Im happy that we will be seeing someone high up.

this is freaking AWESOME!

[PB2]

Back again.

Think we have found a good psychologist for DS - will wait and see how it pans out, but the start has been good. ON the downside, meeting her has seemed to excebate the anxiety at night and we are having a few rough nights.

Got to got to go, but so happy this thread has been started.

pb

[i-candi]

Well things were going well....

He had a breakdown because he wasn't winning a game being played outside

Grrrrr spoilt brat comes to mind but honestly someone with a MI it's different, he feels the pain and thinks he is totally inadequate. I hate it, hate it so much. He told me his is useless at everything

I just don't get it, I never expect my kids to win. I never push them. I'm a person that expects the best they can do it's just unfortunate that DS expects better than he can achieve

grrrrr another thing to focus on.....

[Mintjelly]

Hi all *waves*

Can I join in? My eldest child DD1 has severe GAD. She is nearly 8. I am having her tested in May for ASD as there are certainly signs there, so I just want to know one way or the other.

She has been a shocking sleeper from 18 months, had extremely delayed gross motor skills, but talked 9 to the dozen from around 10mnths. She toilet trained normally but regressed around 8 months later and still often wets the bed at night time.

She is on medication to help with sleeping and on Lovan for her anxiety.

School holidays have not been great for us. She has been absolutely manic for the past week, with her getting really violent with her siblings. As usual the Paed and Psych are on holidays at the same time (are they having an affair OJ ) so I went to our GP who has bumped the Lovan up by a 1/4 of a tablet.

I actually think she really needs to go back to school at the moment. For all it stresses her, it is also a great source of routine for her, and I think these holidays she is really missing that. If I could do these holidays over again, I would have written up a routine for the holidays, so she could have felt more settled.

I know there were posts that I wanted to comment on, but tbh today has been such a shocker that I can't think straight so I will come back tomorrow.

You cannot know how happy I am to know this thread exists

Lovely to meet you all!

[HillmanMinx]

I just don't get it, I never expect my kids to win. I never push them. I'm a person that expects the best they can do it's just unfortunate that DS expects better than he can achieve

DW hun its not a parental fault. He has a mood disorder (and on top of that he might have apsergers). Either one of those is going to effect his response to such situations. Luckily with the mood disorder aspect, so long as his medicine is kept in constant good order (tweaked as necessary) and he gets some cognitive behavioural therapy to support him to find new responses to negative feelings, he will learn to thrive and modulate his reactions to such events.

[HillmanMinx]

Oh HI mintjelly

AFM: ellie is complaining of knee and hip pain, I think that might go along with hyperthyroidism too. She has struggled emotionally this last week, with the illness of my mother, and the grief of knowing that she is dying. She has gone into her shell and then bounced out of it uncontrollably, and had some astounding meltdowns over the tiniest things. She went to her dads yesterday, because I need to be at the hospital full time during the day. I hope shes ok poor thing.

[Mrs.Brown]

Hi girls

Promise to pop in tomorrow night with a proper post. EB is been too distracting lately with its leaving EB threads and other off the planet stuff lol.

Catch you all tomorrow night, hope everyone is doing ok

Laura xo