This is Just Weird.
Today Dylan took four pills. He may end up taking five next week, or he might drop down to two next month – but the dosage will be almost the same.
We’ve added stimulants back into the mix. Strattera is an anti-depressant-turned-ADHD-medication, and it does help curtail the bounciness. But putting him back onto Dextrostat – even at less than half his earlier dose, and even with anti-depressants to combat the possible crash – seems like a bad idea.
Dylan put all four pills into his hand.
“This is just weird,” he said. Then he took all four of them simultaneously – and congratulated himself on his ability to swallow all those drugs at once.
Sigh.
Unfortunately, it worked for years. Stimulants worked. Maybe, with this perfect drug cocktail, it will work again.
Meanwhile, I’ve been reading a book called The Out of Synch Child. It’s got oodles about vision processing disorder – among other things – which is what Shane has, and I was interested in reading it to get to the heart of what’s been going on with Shane.
But last night, with sudden clarity, I re-read a section about hyposensitivity to motion. It described Dylan so perfectly. Actually, when I’d read it the first time, it reminded me of Dylan. But now I’m wondering – what if he doesn’t even have ADHD? What if he’s just hyposensitive to motion and might need some other form of treatment, like Shane did for vision processing?
It’s something to look into today…