Don't Know What To Do

Today wasn't as good and I don't know if it was because we brought down the dosage of the Prozac a bit or because Ewen didn't sleep well last night (woke up 3 times) or what. But he was a down in the dumps when he came home from school this afternoon. He said he didn't really like school today and I worried that we paid for the whole rest of the school year and what if he isn't ready or if he has trouble there. He told me today there is a kid in his class who is a big jerk. He didn't have to deal with any really big jerks at his last school, except his teacher.

I gave him 4ML's tonight to slowly get him back up to 5 possibly. But he still has his tics of flexing muscles, tapping, huffing and now sometimes he swishes saliva in his mouth. But sometimes when he is talking or relaxed and happy he doesn't huff. But he does huff and tic when he is watching Youtube videos on his computer.

He was happy at 5ML's but such a twitchy mess. I don't know what to do.

My therapist texted that she had to go home sick today and couldn't see me. A small part of me wondered if I stress her out too much with this Ewen business.

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