- Restless sleeping. Up and down all night.
- Getting up early which is very uncharacteristic of him.
- Extremely restless throughout the day.
- Thinks people are staring at him when he's out in public.
- Thinks his hands were shaking when they weren't which was also causing people to stare.
- Overly talkative. He is normally very quiet.
- Talking becomes aggressive - like he's working himself into a fevered pitch.
- Wants to be with me constantly. He admitted that he feels SAFE when he is with me.
- Overly concerned about cleanliness and the possibility of bugs being in and around the house.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Symptoms List
So, tomorrow is Schizo-boy's first follow-up visit with the Psycho-doc. We compiled a list of new stuff that has been happening since he started on this new medication:
Monday, July 19, 2010
The Train Incident
Oh boy! Here's a funny one for you...
So, this week we are baby-sitting my wife's great niece who is a very precocious 5 year old. And not having much money to buy entertainment outright, she decided that bringing her niece down to my work for lunch via the local train system would be an adventure for them!
At the last moment, Schizo-boy decided to come along for the ride. It was the first time that ALL of them had ridden the trains!
They make it here to my work with no problems. We eat lunch together with no problems. Then we all walk back into the station for the return trip and schizo-boy announces that he would rather ride in the next car because the niece is interacting with him so much. (I think it was embarrassing him a little bit.)
So, the train arrives, my wife and her niece get into one car and schizo-boy gets in the next car. I turn around and leave the station to go back to my desk for the rest of my work day.
20 minutes later, my wife calls frantically asking me if I really HAD seen schizo-boy get onto the train when they left. I said that I thought that he had! Then I realized that he probably just got off at the wrong station. I mentioned that. We all tried calling his cellphone which had been left at home.
My wife waited around for another 10 minutes and then decided to leave the station at the house in the car to see if he had maybe started walking or something. She did not encounter him all the way to the house and so went screaming back to the station. He was waiting for her.
It seems that while we were all walking into the station at my work, I had said, "There are two different lines northbound from this station. Make sure you get onto the North BLEEP line." and that name stuck in his head. He wound up riding the train past their stop all the way to the North BLEEP station! After he realized his mistake, he had to wait about 15 minutes for a train southbound to leave in order to return to the station he should have gotten off at.
*whew!!*
So, this week we are baby-sitting my wife's great niece who is a very precocious 5 year old. And not having much money to buy entertainment outright, she decided that bringing her niece down to my work for lunch via the local train system would be an adventure for them!
At the last moment, Schizo-boy decided to come along for the ride. It was the first time that ALL of them had ridden the trains!
They make it here to my work with no problems. We eat lunch together with no problems. Then we all walk back into the station for the return trip and schizo-boy announces that he would rather ride in the next car because the niece is interacting with him so much. (I think it was embarrassing him a little bit.)
So, the train arrives, my wife and her niece get into one car and schizo-boy gets in the next car. I turn around and leave the station to go back to my desk for the rest of my work day.
20 minutes later, my wife calls frantically asking me if I really HAD seen schizo-boy get onto the train when they left. I said that I thought that he had! Then I realized that he probably just got off at the wrong station. I mentioned that. We all tried calling his cellphone which had been left at home.
My wife waited around for another 10 minutes and then decided to leave the station at the house in the car to see if he had maybe started walking or something. She did not encounter him all the way to the house and so went screaming back to the station. He was waiting for her.
It seems that while we were all walking into the station at my work, I had said, "There are two different lines northbound from this station. Make sure you get onto the North BLEEP line." and that name stuck in his head. He wound up riding the train past their stop all the way to the North BLEEP station! After he realized his mistake, he had to wait about 15 minutes for a train southbound to leave in order to return to the station he should have gotten off at.
*whew!!*
Winning the long game
Last Friday, July 16, 2010, Schizo-boy had his first appointment with the psychiatrist that he and his mom picked. According to his mom, the appointment went very well and in the end, the doctor prescribed the lowest dosage of Seroquel. He has to take it just before bedtime every day. He has a follow-up in two weeks.
So far, I would say that our old, pre-schizophrenia son is back! *applause!*
*contented sigh!*
So far, I would say that our old, pre-schizophrenia son is back! *applause!*
*contented sigh!*
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Let the Reapin' Begin!
Schizo-boy got five years probation, has to take anger management classes, and now HAS to take the medicine for his Schizophrenia as mandated by a federal judge. *applause!* This means that I WIN! Well, sort of.
I say, that as soon as the court is no longer checking whether he is taking his schizophrenia meds... he'll just stop.
stoopid justice system.
*sigh*
I say, that as soon as the court is no longer checking whether he is taking his schizophrenia meds... he'll just stop.
stoopid justice system.
*sigh*
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