This week has got to be better...Right?

We are off the Trileptal!!! OMG! That was AWFUL!!! It made Peyton's moods 10X worse! WOW!! I was beginning to think that my child was possesed! ha! just Kidding... ok, maybe I'm not! ; )

The first 3 weeks of school have come and gone and I have gotten a phone call or email everyday so far and he had to be picked up early one day for kicking and hitting the sub. It took two teachers to calm him down.

One of the things a Bipolar kid cannot do is "switch gears" very well. Transitioning from one task to the next is hard for him and He does not do well with loud noises and big spaces. He spent the first few days of school sitting under the tables in the classroom crying. I can't tell you how much that hurt my heart. I have cried more than I like too these past few weeks. Kids and parents looking and pointing at him. He was terrified!

Peyton has these fits that are also known as " mood storms". He will be in a very good mood ( a high) and then in an instant be in a low mood and this is where he "checks" out as I like to say. He says he is scared and will scream and hit himself in the head, throw things, tear things up and kick and you cannot control him. These can last hours! When he is done he has no recollection of what happened. These happen very unexpectedly and are VERY exhausting to say the least.

Dr. Roger's wants to start him on a new medication. I hope that will help. I have read and researched for hours on this disorder and it seems that it is going to be alot of trial and error trying to get the right medication to stabilize him. Tomorrow morning I am taking him to get bloodwork done. In all my researching I have read that sometimes underlying health issues can make the symptoms worse or mimic bipolar symptoms. I will try anything at this point.

I have some other " ideas" on what might be going on but I will talk about that later.

On a good note.... we had a good day yesterday without any "storms". The only one we had was actually weather related.