Wow! I didn't realize quite how long it had been since I had updated my blog. I tend to pretend it doesn't exist when things are going well. Who needs a blog when you have lovely, well-behaved children? Why vent when there is blissfully nothing to vent about? The peace and quiet couldn't last forever though. That would CLEARLY be too much to ask.
Jake has been on the same meds for god knows how long. Apparently since 2009, seeing as how that was the last time I checked in. I haven't messed with anything. I haven't changed anything. I have thrown up my hands to the sky and said "if you want the kiddo on supplements for the rest of his life, then so be it"! He was doing well in school. His teacher this year doesn't just like him, she LOVES him. Things were going swimmingly! They were so great, in fact, that my husband and I actually adopted a baby girl (a lot can happen in a year), but I digress.
Picture it...Temple Beth Emet...two weeks before winter break. The air is growing colder, the teachers are getting ready for vacation, and I am frazzled, but pretty happy. Suddenly Jake can no longer control himself. He can't sit through circle time anymore (as reported by his happy-to-tattle twin brother), he can't get done with ANYTHING at home without being told a million times what to do, and his jumping and flapping have seriously amped up in frequency. We went to his very sympathetic pediatrician (who I adore) and asked her how to proceed. Should we see a GI specialist, a neuro, a DAN doctor? She told us to stop worrying, do what we are doing, and he will settle down one day. Really?! That's it?! That is the best she can do?!
I can tell that something in him is off. There is a difference between normal, wild Jakey, and tweaked for some biological reason Jakey. Now I get to solve the puzzle. God help me! The last time I went through this, it turned out the problem was that the new juice I was giving him had Splenda (not so good for a kid like Jake). That was an easy find and an easy fix. Nothing else had changed. All I had to do was check the label on the new addition, and BLAMO...problem identified. This is different though. There is no obvious culprit. There is just me, Jakey, and his usual meds (and usual foods, because that never changes).
One of his meds is outdated. Yes, I am giving my child expired medication. In my defense, do you know how scary it is to take him off of, or switch a supplement? There is no freaking way. The new version of this particular liquid ships out January 15th. I wish it was sooner, but I am hoping that turns out to be the key. My luck, the fact that the formula has been updated is going to bite me in the ass! That tends to be the way things work in my life. Hopefully though, he will get the new liquid (miraculously ahead of schedule and in time for school to start again), and things will be calm once again. Then maybe I can quit my blog for another year!!!
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