It was a hectic day for me. Here it goes...
We saw the Neuro yesterday and we decided to take Noah off of Keppra his new seizure medication. His behavior is worsening and its becoming scary. Noah has been changing emotionally for a while now and some days it is more than I can handle. The last two days of drs. appts have been hectic, but Noah has been out of control. Bitting,hitting,pulling hair and throwing and of course this is all happening to me. In the Neuros office yesterday we could not really concentrate on what to do for Noah because he was acting out so bad. Its sad to say but Noah reminded me of what little Helen Keller must have been like when she was out of control. I was in tears. We decided to put Noah on Resperaol (sp) a antipsychotic drug to help with behavior. They use this drug for children that are Autistic or ADHD, the doctor said he was not saying that Noah was either of these two but than he did need some behavior control and this should help him. He said that we start him on a very low dose not what it would be if he was diagnosed with Autisim. So I was ok with this.
I spoke with his teacher this morning and she said she didnt want to tell me but Noah was really horrible in class yesterday. Throwing,pushing, bitting chairs. I told her about the new medication and she agreed that something had to be done.
We had a nice chat this morning. She told me the testing was done on Noah and she couldn't get over the fact of how smart Noah really is. She said she had to use a different testing form above his age group for him because he is so smart. She said that he is by far the smartest in her class even well above the role model students, but emotionally hes like a two year old. She believes it has to be medication because she sees emotionally disturbed children and they are always mad about something but Noah is happy all the time and then has these outburst. I told her that I think now is the time for a behavior plan to be put in place for Noah and she agreed. She said all of this was going to be discussed at the meeting.
I'm sad at this news, but I did know that it was coming. I am hoping that the new medication will help him to settle down some and focus.
Overall he's doing better physically. He seems to be getting over what happened at school the other day.
He is still coughing some but seems well.
About Me
- Candi
- I love watching anything Real Estate. I love to read,social networking, and researching Epilepsy, the brain and Retinopathy of Prematurity.
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