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It was obviously fine but when stopping prozac type drugs watch out for physical withdrawal symptoms. I thought I was getting a brain tumour.

Thinking about the vision thing reminded me of the trouble my son has recognizing people. I just figured it was an ASD thing. I was really concerned though over the weekend when at a friend's birthday party I helped a boy put on his jacket and my son walked up to me, leaned between us, looked right at me, and said "is that my mommy?" I couldn't believe he was unable to recognize me just because I was doing something he doesn't normally see me doing. I'm used to him asking if every kid with a certain build or hair color/style is one of his friends or insisting a random lady is a friends mom, but this was something new and rather disturbing.

With the other vision concerns I think I will definitely try to find someone who will take me seriously this time. His father and my mother both require serious corrective lenses in the 4+ and 5+ ranges. I also wear glasses, but my vision is no where near that bad.

To Puffin, we actually spent about a month total getting rid of the Prozac. Since he was taking such a minuscule dose to begin with it might not even have been necessary to go as slowly as we did. I felt from the beginning that the med made him less anxious, but also much more hyper. I'm relieved to see that the hyperactivity seems to have settled down in the last few days. I figure that if I'm the only one who has to deal with him and he is generally happy, we have no need of drugs at this point.

I gave him the Singapore Math 1A test today and he got them all right (I had him complete it independently so as not to accidentally help him, but I did have to point out questions he had skipped accidentally). Ever since he took the assessment he has been writing out sheets of math work for me to do and giving me ratings. It's so cute. Tomorrow we will do 1B. I'm still trying to get a hold of someone at the district who can get me his IQ test results. Sending daily emails and getting ignored. Love our district.

PanzerAzelSaturn - my ds9 was born with visual deficits. I've taken him to 6 eye doctors (three ophthalmologists and three behavioral/developmental optometrists) in two different states since we've moved. Ds was born with a left eye injury and some other issues that affected his vision.

Ds9 was in visual therapy between 4-6 yrs old. He also couldn't deal with a lot of visual stimulation or a lot of text or visual instruction when he was 5. I had to be a bit selective with the homeschooling curriculum and limit his screen exposure as well. And that is still somewhat true today.

I didn't use Singapore Math. I know others here have found it to be useful. I bought a fairly inexpensive general curriculum series - Learn at Home - for each elementary year. I supplemented the series with some online series like e-learning for kids or PBS's Cyberchase. I didn't have ds do a lot of worksheets or math drills each day. He didn't need much repetition either. So I tried to work around it.

When ds was in the Montessorish private gifted school, they used xtramath.org and Dreambox. Ds just wasn't fast enough with math facts at that point to move beyond addition and got extremely frustrated. I decided to forgo any math fact drills until he was older. So far, I haven't gone back to doing the math fact drills. At some point in the future, he may have to do the SAT or ACT and then he'll need to have those math facts mastered but until then I'm not overly worried or concerned because ds is far ahead in math.

IF you don't like Singapore, don't be afraid to ditch and try something else. IF you do like Singapore, then that's excellent and one hoop covered so to speak. Also, never be afraid of doing something out of box or many grades ahead.

Drugs. I had a 2e expert ask me if I had thought about medication for ds due to the ADHDish behavior. I then asked her about neurofeedback and any discussion about medication was dropped. Ds has not been on medication. Like you, I agree that I'm only one who has to deal with him and ds is generally happy and cooperative.

I think your ds's idea writing out sheets of math work for you do - is excellent and one I would encourage. Let him feel like he's in control by organizing you. It's a fantastic way for him to learn and be more receptive and cooperative. It's makes your life much easier and go much smoother.