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.
Hugs Bronxmom - I'm so sorry to hear this. Can they put him back on the stronger antibiotic?
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 agree! But I am hopeful that soon you can return to your regularly scheduled worries.
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.
Agggghhhh - this stinks. Golly, if your OverExcitabilities don't get in a twist over your own kid, then I don't know what they are FOR in the first place. Try to stay 'warm and firm' with DH. He will come around. Complain here all you want while you wait.
But I feel deep, deep in my bones that something is terribly wrong!
I am sure that you have learned to honor those feelings by now. I trust you!
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.
Does your pedi know how long you are being asked to wait? If not, tell yhour pedi and ask her or him to call the ENT and beg for an earlier date. Make sure your pedi knows how much of a drain this is on you. Doctors will often 'call in favors' from each other. You'll know because you'll get a phone call saying, 'We just got a cancellation, can you be there this afternoon?'
I know this has nothing to do with GT stuff but I am at wit's end.
Everything that affects a Gifted person is related to 'GT stuff' because they experience it in their own Giftie way. Keep us posted, ok?
Love and More Love, (because sometimes that is exactly what it takes)
Grinity
