Hi all,
An update on my son. At the beginning of this week, I was forced to change his antibiotics from a strong, global antibiotic to a prophylactic dose of amoxicillin... On the global antibiotic his behavior was good, his affect relatively calm, he listened and focused-- though at the same time he was strong-willed and excitable as many of our children are-- a regular stubborn HG+ kid... as soon as I switched to the amoxicillin (within a day) his color changed (flushed), his eyes turned glassy, and he became extremely hyperactive and was no longer able to control his irritating impulses. We find ourselves shouting at him. With each passing day, it gets a little worse.
So all these other conversations about how to help a brilliant but uneven kid are beside the point for me really... There is no point trying to teach him anything when he is like this. I don't even think I should send him back to school (they've been on winter break this week.)
I am crushed. It is also affecting my marriage, because my husband, though he notices the change, does not think it's that big a deal, thinks I am overreacting, and hates the fact that I am obsessed with this child.
But I feel deep, deep in my bones that something is terribly wrong!
I just spoke to the pediatrician, who referred me to an ENT specialist. His tonsils are probably chronically infected and need to come out. But the ENT person has no appointments until March 28.
I know this has nothing to do with GT stuff but I am at wit's end.
